I was fascinated by all the drive-on piers, and they’re quite long with restaurants and retail all up and down. We don’t have those here in the southeast. The pier restaurant and tackle shop/store is on land, typically behind the dune line. Then it’s just wooden pier, pedestrian only. Hurricanes, I guess. We get them frequently. California doesn’t.
“I was fascinated by all the drive-on piers, and they’re quite long with restaurants and retail all up and down. We don’t have those here in the southeast. The pier restaurant and tackle shop/store is on land, typically behind the dune line. Then it’s just wooden pier, pedestrian only. Hurricanes, I guess. We get them frequently. California doesn’t.”
Hurricanes, maybe no. But powerful storms off the ocean, nonetheless.
1988 knocked down the longest pier on the Pacific Coast at Huntington Beach. Had to be completely rebuilt.