#littorals

[was-a-mistake]

Littorals were a mistake.

[fairest]

One beneficent characteristic of oceans

"One beneficent characteristic of oceans is that they tend to relax the people who live by them. Worldwide, in my experience, littorals are apt to have a wait-and-see, gentle seediness. Even the most manicured littorals--Malibu, Lanai, Cap d'Antibes--have a touch of it. The force of huge money may keep the beaches looking neat for a mile or two, but neatness and the seashore don't really go together; only one hundred feet or so past the great resorts the old casual seediness begins."

Larry McMurtry, from Roads (2000)