Disgraceful...
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Corona del Mar is typically thought of as a high class area. Its pretty expensive to live in this area and is among the many upper class beach cities in South Orange County. So when one hears of "Little Corona del Mar", as far as the beach is concerned, you would think this is going to be a nice area of beach. Boy was I wrong. Of course, its not the beaches fault. Nor the people who live around this area. Its the visitors and their disgusting lack of pride in their surroundings. My cousin and I took our kids to this part of the beach, which is really a little cove, surrounded by cliffs. It has the potential to be a fun little place, especially for younger kids. The cliffs form little caves, fun for the kids to play in and the waves are practically non existent. The water rolls in as tiny splashes, as opposed to big crashing waves. However, there were piles of trash everywhere. The people who were visiting were just throwing anything and everything that they were finished with onto the sand and leaving it there. The trash was even out in the water and collecting at the waters edge. It was horrible. Besides us, nobody seemed the least bit phased by it. The little caves had people grouped in there, partying, and piling their trash up. The people left, the trash stayed. I was so sickened. Is this the norm now? Is this the way people are? They don't deserve to use our beaches, if so. I wish that a litter ordinance would be enforced. It was a disgrace. I am sure their homes weren't much better than how they left these beaches. We later went over to another beach, to walk on the pier and found that the area surrounding of beach surrounding the pier was covered in trash as well. It was shameful.