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Boston Public Radio FULL SHOW — No Beach for You
By PRX Boston Public Radio — We started the show by asking listeners about the future of public beaches. Are private landowners buying up coastline and how can towns protect public beach access?
WGBH — Historic racism still raises barriers to beach access
By Chris Burrell — …Lynn residents are not the only people of color struggling to access Massachusetts' beaches. In some of the most racially diverse and low-income urban communities along the coast, including Lynn, pollution caused by inferior wastewater infrastructure can force local beaches to close to swimmers. And beaches in many other areas simply aren't open to the public, which critics link to lingering effects of overtly racist housing practices in coastal communities.
WGBH — Barriers at the Beach: State law and town rules keep most of Mass. shoreline off-limits
By Chris Burrell — Massachusetts should be a beach lover’s paradise, but access to the state’s shores is deeply uneven. Entry to most beaches is dependent on personal wealth, your home zip code and a shrinking allotment of “visitor” parking spaces clustered far from the water and a system of parking restrictions aimed at out-of-towners.