(e.g., you can’t hit a beach on Long Island on a hot summer day where there is not a crowd).
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There is a 1941 movie called The Devil and Miss Jones where one scene takes place on a coney island beach and the people covered every square inch of the beach. I did not think that was real so I did a search for a photo of the beach in 1941 and discovered it was in fact possible as you could not see the sand for the people.
That was the kind of scene to make one want to avoid beaches at certain times of the year.
” I did a search for a photo of the beach in 1941 and discovered it was in fact possible as you could not see the sand for the people.”
IIRC, Coney Island is at the end of a transit line from NYC, and they have Nathan’s Hot Dogs stands. That might have something to do with it.