Beachgoers play in the surf just before sunset at Sunset Beach. Seen in the background is the S.S. Atlantus, the remains of an experimental concrete ship that went aground during a storm at this location in June 1926.SL

The Jersey Shore — why do we put up with it every summer? The traffic on the Parkway, the mad scramble for parking spots, the crowded beaches, lackluster boardwalk food.

Because the Shore is in our DNA, that’s why. We just can’t avoid it; it keeps pulling us back in.

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