how many people here live near the coast

[sg1008]

Salty air! Interesting!

Last night I had a dream about the ocean... A beach somehow appeared near us, and I parked my friends car somewhere at low tide (not realising the tide would change), and when I returned it had been washed into the vast sea.

The weather was overcast, as if a big rain storm was on the way, and the ocean looked grey. I ran down to the beach to touch the water, but most of the shore was developed so there was only a little strip of beach accessible to folks. There were all kinds of people there, including many homeless people (a crowded beach)....There was one little foot trail in the sand that went through the crowds of people, and I accidentally messed up a sandcastle someone was building when I walked past it. I dont recall smelling anything...I was too focused on the visuals...

[odeon]

I love the smell of the sea. I live too far from the sea for that, but...

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

Living near a warm-ish ocean has a moderating effect on temperatures. The last place I lived was about a mile, or just under 2 km, from the ocean, and we didn't even need heating in winter. I think the coldest it ever got there was 6 C, early morning in the middle of winter one time. Normal winter minimums were around 10 Celsius. Didn't need a jacket even. And unpleasantly hot weather was rare as well.

A lot of the smell of the sea comes from things like stagnant saltwater on rock platforms, seaweed, mud flats, pollution. If the ocean is clean and there are sandy beaches without too much tidal variation in water levels, then there isn't much smell at all.

[Jack]

Jack lives in paradise. When the weather isn't paradise, then it's raining.

[sg1008]

Jack lives in paradise. When the weather isn't paradise, then it's raining.

Is this paradise near to the sea?

[renaeden]

The place Kayleigh and I used to live in was much closer to the sea. A 10 minute walk. At night it was possible to hear the waves on the beach. It was a comforting sound.

Now all we hear is traffic and sirens.

The foreshore is close and the coast is beyond that but because buildings are in the way, that's probably the reason for not hearing the waves.

[rock hound]

About 20-25 miles depending upon which roads we take.   

[Charlotte Quin]

The ocean is about 5km away from where I am. Would be about a 40 min walk to the nearest beach; 10 minute walk to the estuary, then 30 mins walk along the shoreline that snakes around to said beach. Entirely flat level walk btw, and yes will definitely be back under water one day.

There is also a man made canal 50m away behind the houses across the road (I live on the unfancy edge of a fancy area).

[renaeden]

There's man made canals near where I live too. And an estuary as well. Rich people have their holiday houses on the canals.

[DirtDawg]

I grew up about half an hour from the Gulf Of Mexico and I miss it, mainly the fishing and availability of all the fresh seafood I could want.

I now live in landlocked Indiana. A day's drive to an ocean.
BTW, it is not considered safe to eat what you catch from the rivers and lakes, due to mankind's habits.

[renaeden]

Sometimes at night if it's really still - no wind - I can hear the waves on the beach.

[Charlotte Quin]

I have too much surrounding ambient noise to hear the waves properly at night.

['andersom']

I hear the sound of the wind. Theoretically, a massive massive storm could have me ending up living in the sea.

Highly highly unlikely. Living behind a set of the most secure dykes. And those are protected by yet another dyke and a blow up temp dam construction.

[Eclair]

I can see the ocean where I live, but just a touch too far away to hear the waves

[odeon]

Welcome back, Eclair! How have you been?