“They came for the salt water. Many of them spend the day and night and spend no more than 25 cents. They came with their bathing suits under their clothes, or they negotiated a furtive quick change under the boardwalk. Perhaps they brought a few sandwiches. Or maybe they will buy a few frankfurters . . . The beach policemen testify that there are youths who spend the whole summer on the beach and never pay a nickel’s rent.”
- Joseph Mitchell