By Lynne Miller
I have been reading the City of San Diego's Coastal Resilience Action Plan that is close to approval. The more I read the less resilient I feel. I don't know, maybe I have reached the apple-faced age of the old man on Saturday Night Live who might say something like "I remember when there were just a few people walking along the top of the cliffs, fewer surfers, and I liked it that way!"
You young kooks who are staking your claim in the ocean never knew those 'good old days'. I remember when Long Boards began bobbing in the summer surf, and a few locals had woodie wagons to transport guys and their boards to the swells. It was well, swell. The best you teenagers and young adults can do is watch Bruce Brown movies and glimpse the good old days. 'Who?' Google it.
Truth is, if you under 60 kids like any part of Ocean Beach and the Cliffs, you will have to take the baton. 'Huh?' You know, the baton that is passed in relay races! I apologize, I am feeling like that grumpy old person who is battle-worn. No need to take it out on young people with shiny smiles, tight skin, who are wearing rose-colored sunglasses.
Here is the thing-- soon Sunset Cliffs will become a one-way street, which means the next street up the hill will also become a one-way street, and it goes right by my house. It may not change traffic too much, since cars make the loop by my house after sunset anyway.
And I hear you shouting NIMBY from that proposed rooftop bar!
By Lynne Miller
I have been reading the City of San Diego's Coastal Resilience Action Plan that is close to approval. The more I read the less resilient I feel. I don't know, maybe I have reached the apple-faced age of the old man on Saturday Night Live who might say something like "I remember when there were just a few people walking along the top of the cliffs, fewer surfers, and I liked it that way!"
You young kooks who are staking your claim in the ocean never knew those 'good old days'. I remember when Long Boards began bobbing in the summer surf, and a few locals had woodie wagons to transport guys and their boards to the swells. It was well, swell. The best you teenagers and young adults can do is watch Bruce Brown movies and glimpse the good old days. 'Who?' Google it.
Truth is, if you under 60 kids like any part of Ocean Beach and the Cliffs, you will have to take the baton. 'Huh?' You know, the baton that is passed in relay races! I apologize, I am feeling like that grumpy old person who is battle-worn. No need to take it out on young people with shiny smiles, tight skin, who are wearing rose-colored sunglasses.
Here is the thing-- soon Sunset Cliffs will become a one-way street, which means the next street up the hill will also become a one-way street, and it goes right by my house. It may not change traffic too much, since cars make the loop by my house after sunset anyway.
And I hear you shouting NIMBY from that proposed rooftop bar!