That's no exaggeration. Berlin has in recent years welcomed an influx of new residents -- nicknamed "come heres" in the local parlance.
Indeed, those who discover this locale less than 10 miles from Ocean City and Assateague Island's famous ponies will find a destination that's increasingly gaining national buzz.
Budget Travel magazine recently deemed Berlin "America's Coolest Small Town, 2014" after a nationwide contest in which tens of thousands cast votes online. Of hundreds of towns nominated, the magazine narrowed the list to 15 and let the public vote. The result: 40,000 votes (28 percent) for Berlin.
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Ever see the movie, Funny Farm? This is your Red Bud folks. Any difference is the large cash controlled by the few locals and connected politically.
ReplyDeleteyou don't want to be a come here that is for sure I moved here from the "other side" of the bridge and treated like a second class citizen this weekend I said something to three town personnel about the vehicles that were left parked the wrong direction and one over the white line in the northbound lane of Main St and was told it was okayed by the Mayor and it was the Barrett's cars who were longtime big supporters of the town---yesterday I found out the Barretts fought the annexation in the town of their Chevy car lot so I guess these people really didn't know what kind of supporters there were it was a safety issue and sat there all weekend guess the police never patrolled main st all weekend??
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ReplyDeleteYou have GOT to lose that big-city mentality - or that "other side of the bridge mentality" - if you ever expect to fit in.
Do you really think we care one iota if there are three cars parked the wrong way? If a car is over the white line?
We don't care.
If it's a private citizen - we don't care.
If it's one of the "longtime big supporters" of the town, we don't care even more. We would probably wave to them and thank them for all they have done in the town.
Safety issues? Come on! You are sounding a lot like the neighbor I had in Baltimore that would call the cops because we were playing stickball in the street - an obvious safety issue.
Take a deep breath... Look around... See a wonderfully quaint but vibrant small town with happy, friendly people everywhere you look. Do that, and become one of them.
10:51 Well said.
ReplyDeleteOle Buckingham, how young I was then. Never forget the little boy ghost my sister and I saw on Jefferson street, not ever. My sister was kidnapped by a one armed man that escaped jail by slashing a gaurd and took off grabbing my sister from the front yard on his way. Fire department boys got him and almost hung him from what I was told when I got older. I used to not like school so in the first grade I would run across that field and go home. Mom would always take me back, funny thing is by the time she drove back home I was already sitting on the front steps. I beat her. Boy did she put one on my butt back then. I quess I have always been a damn mess. These were the days of my life.
ReplyDeleteThank you, 10:51. You get it!
ReplyDeleteBerlin is a one horse town and as the shore continues its downward slide eventually Berlin will be affected. Yes its a quaint town but really nothing special beyond main street.
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ReplyDeleteTwo tips for you:
1. They say that if you visit NYC and just look at the shops on street level, you miss half of the experience. You have to look up to the 2nd floors to see the "real" city.
2. Venture down a few of the side streets in Berlin. Amazing what you'll find!