I was at the Southern Ocean County Chamber of Commerce luncheon last Tuesday and one of the speakers was asking why people come here. I met with him afterward and offered a few ideas on how he could go about asking people that. But I thought about it a lot as I left there.

The answer is: It’s home.

People want to be here because it’s home, only better. It’s not a big European city with all the “must-sees” or a family fun resort with a million rooms and characters in costume wandering all over.