At Shore, housing battle looms – The Inky
Wildwood, once the armpit of the south Jersey Shore, has gone from a beach town where nobody had tans (because they wouldn’t leave the bars) to a hot real estate market. Naturally the popularity has caused problems for the long-suffering indigenous population and is the focus of the article. The first time I drove through Wildwood several years ago, I found the through street depressing, but even that is looking better based on recent drives through.

There are several reasons for Wildwood’s resurgence, such as the high costs of Avalon, Stone Harbor and Cape May. The beach is huge too and the boardwalk isn’t bad and not even as tacky as Ocean City, Md. I think the recent media attention to doo wop motels has helped too.