crime in cape cod

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Originally Posted by Karl F

But.. what the wholesalers don't have to hear, (and they know it) is the mentality we get dealt at point of sale:





Most folks that gripe, think it is the local business doing the gouging.. (OK, I'll give you this.. prolly some do, but not as many as you think).. the gouging starts at some fat cats office.. on the "other" side of the bridge.. and the $$ finds it's way back there too.

What most people do not realize, is that those of us who have chosen to stay here, could have done much better dollars and cents wise, and pay a heavy price to live here... and seeing how the cape has changed, many of us feel it is no longer worth it.. an exodus of natives and washashores alike, is growing.... I would be among their numbers, but I cannot convince my wife.. just yet... the new neighbor could change that soon though.

If I could, it would be Maine.

[BigFish]

Me too Flap! They got the same problems up there though.....the grass is not much greener, just a different lawn!

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Originally Posted by BigFish

Me too Flap! They got the same problems up there though.....the grass is not much greener, just a different lawn!

They got bass in mid summer, no seals then (guess they all summer on Cape Cod) and cheap Lohbstas'.

I was sitting in Kennebunkport last September enjoying a snack from the Clam Bar and watching 40 or so Stripers feeding on mussels on pilings under the over hang we were sitting on. Some were better than 3 feet long. Later on in Cape Ned#^&#^&#^&#^& there were 20 guys at mid day on on every cast and bass popping all over. Water was cool and clean, no mung up there in summer they say. Smells nicer too. The old days on Cape you would get out of your vehicle and the first whiff of air you breathed in had the scent of the scrub pines which have a more pleasant scent than regular pines. Don't smell that anymore.

Dreaming I guess. I still think the Cape is better than say living i9n Worcester or some boring town over the bridge. I can be fishing for bass in ten minutes from my driveway. Actually living on the upper Cape has proved to be an advantage from living on the outer Cape. Canal is 11 miles from home, the Elizabeth Islands are a ten minute ride to the boat ramp and 15 mitues later, voila, start casting. The bay side is 15 minutes and Race Point 55 minutes. I can be in Rhode Island in an hour (God forbid, just kidding) and in Ct in and hour and a half to join my bud for the boat ride to Fishers Island.

The only part that sucks is crossing the bridge twice each day to make a decent living.