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Old 01-05-2018, 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by eclipsecz View Post
What can be the reason why not anymore?
The reason it originally changed was that the City of San Diego changed their rules about enforcing anti-nudity law on their portion of the beach. This forced everyone to the state portion of the beach and really killed the enthusiasm and participation. I doubt that it will every return to its crowded days of glory....too bad. We don't see in a year the number of nudists that used to attend in a single day.

I've added a couple of old pictures from the web, but they are not really indicative of how crowded the beach used to get.


Here's some history from 1977:

http://www.nytimes.com/1977/09/19/ar...ude-beach.html

Note the parts of the article that state:

"....it now ranks as the city's prime tourist attraction, outdrawing even the famous San Diego Zoo"

and

"Last year 782,000 people cavorted or lazed in the sun on the 900 foot long beach. This year's attendance at the isolated beach on the city's northern outskirts is running at a rate well over a million"

And its final demise:

http://www.nytimes.com/1999/06/24/us...l-anymore.html

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