Boston residents love to go to the beach. After all, we have an ocean on our doorstep. Today I went to one of the most historic, Revere Beach. Most Boston area residents probably rolled their eyes reading that. Revere Beach, the oldest public beach in the United States, was once Boston’s Coney Island. After World War II, a combination of ocean pollution, noise from the nearby airport, and suburban flight made the place a wreck; the beach people chose only when they lacked the means to get anywhere else. I can reassure readers that I did in fact end up here voluntarily. Thanks to lawsuits in the 1980s, the pollution has finally been cleaned up. The area has seen significant new construction, and people are slowly returning. To attract even more, the local business associat
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