how many people here live near the coast

[Parts]

No I'm American and like it.  Think I'll go out and get a gun

[TheoK]

 

[Phlexor]

[TheoK]

But I'll get one anyway, and that's BRAVER. 

[Diesel]

I'm an 8 hour drive from the Atlantic.

[Parts]

There is a tidal marsh at the end of my street that empties into Long Island Sound

[renaeden]

Ten minute walk from the Indian Ocean.

[Phlexor]

Ten minute walk from the Indian Ocean.

Even our oceans are outsourced to India these days 

[renaeden]

Here's an overlay to Google Maps so you can see how deep you'll be under water.

http://flood.firetree.net/

This is scary. Though when there is a real threat, I'll move to my parents', they're quite a long way inland.

[Minister Of Silly Walks]

I live about 20 minutes drive from an ocean beach. We have a couple of different rivers within 5 or 10 minutes drive. And a creek about 10 minutes walk.

Property near the beach here is stupidly expensive. We are going through a "correction" in property prices right now, the only question is how big the correction will be.

[sg1008]

I live in a river valley, waaaay inland. Mountain ranges separate us from the seas to the east and west...and hills surround us to the north and south. even the northern sea (by way of glaciers) has evaded this area, stopping just ahead of us, creating some of those hills I mentioned.

I wonder what it's like to live by the sea... 

[Parts]

I live in a river valley, waaaay inland. Mountain ranges separate us from the seas to the east and west...and hills surround us to the north and south. even the northern sea (by way of glaciers) has evaded this area, stopping just ahead of us, creating some of those hills I mentioned.

 I wonder what it's like to live by the sea ... 

I wonder what it's like not to
Might be moving 15 to 20 miles inland in the next year or so,   so I might find out

[sg1008]

I live in a river valley, waaaay inland. Mountain ranges separate us from the seas to the east and west...and hills surround us to the north and south. even the northern sea (by way of glaciers) has evaded this area, stopping just ahead of us, creating some of those hills I mentioned.

 I wonder what it's like to live by the sea ... 

I wonder what it's like not to
Might be moving 15 to 20 miles inland in the next year or so,   so I might find out

  Well, good luck with the move!

In my imagination, the air must smell like salt or fish if one lives by the sea. Is this true?

[renaeden]

Along our foreshore, there's a section where all you can smell is bird shit - that's not so nice.

For the most part, it smells like salt.

[Parts]

I live in a river valley, waaaay inland. Mountain ranges separate us from the seas to the east and west...and hills surround us to the north and south. even the northern sea (by way of glaciers) has evaded this area, stopping just ahead of us, creating some of those hills I mentioned.

 I wonder what it's like to live by the sea ... 

I wonder what it's like not to
Might be moving 15 to 20 miles inland in the next year or so,   so I might find out

  Well, good luck with the move!

In my imagination, the air must smell like salt or fish if one lives by the sea. Is this true?

I can smell the salt at my house  when the wind is right and when something bad happens like a fish kill.  Down by the water there is a smell at low tide but the rest of the time it's just salty air.