Bayside Not Beachside

Comment by a reader on "Casino Bars For Barretto":

Baretto development? Hah. Sounds like someone wants to make silk out of a sow's ear. It is what it is and shall forever be.

The Freeport has all the advantages already yet cannot create a nice beachfront environment with clean sand and water.. any resort beach development in Baretto would require replacing the dirty brown sand with some white stuff, but every year it would wash away. Who can afford that?

The low budget tourists going to Baloy seem to be having a lot of fun with things exactly the way they are. Boardwalk? The wood would be removed in a week to build someones squatter shack.

Everyone needs to get real about true potential. Take away the cheap destination and attractions (bars, dirty beach, inexpensive restaurants and hotels) and you will have nothing left but Dick's picture.

[The Subic Bulletin] Given the untimely death of the two young girls dragged along under the car of a drunken family member of the Baringay Captain last week, Barretto is looking less of a pleasant place for pedestrians. Having got that off our chests, your points are principally sound that we don't want it to change Barretto too much at all and certainly your concept of white sand etc does not belong there.

A promenade that was made of stone or (concrete that looked like stone) and provided a tourist walk along the shore with the backs of the current establishments providing seaside refreshments still sounds appealing to us. Anyone who has been to Sabang in Puerto Gallera will tell you that walking down the beachfront and checking out the bars and restaurants is one of the most appealing parts of visiting there. It doesn't make the establishments more expensive just more accessible and enjoyable.