By now, we’re all familiar with, if not part of, the “sharing economy.” It’s where a service connects us directly with a “peer” who has a good or service we need, or vice versa. It’s sites and services like GoFundMe, Uber, Facebook Marketplace or Home Away, where we can quickly connect with someone who can give us a ride or rent us their home. LBI takes a little longer to catch on to new-fangled ideas like these, but right now all of these service-based apps are a big part of summer on LBI.
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