Persuasive Beach Research Paper

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There's a saying, told jokingly in Daytona Beach, that the best thing for some of the city's oceanfront strip would be for a hurricane to knock it all down. That would be an extreme way to redevelop the area. But the sentiment underscores the decay and decline of this once great beach town.Despite what people see today, Daytona Beach once was the ''World's Most Famous Beach.'' In its heyday, it was a top tourist destination in Florida.Unfortunately, the city took a turn for the worse in the '60s. City leaders are still undoing the damage, part of which is the city's widespread reputation as a gathering place for pedophiles. In just 20 years, the oceanfront Boardwalk went from a place that rivaled the appeal of today's theme parks to one where