The title of this post is an oversimplification, but this image (might be worth clicking to enlarge) sums up a day's frustration in trying to get to the beach. The shoreline in New York is private. In Oregon it's public. One day when we were driving around, looking for a beach to go to (besides the private beach the Braccos have access to), we ran into either $20.00 day use fees at State Parks, or this. Streets that dead-ended above the beach with No Standing signs everywhere.
Kind of a bummer.
