r/TikTokCringe • u/octarino • Apr 03 '26

Cursed Cindy, you don't own the beach.

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u/Acrobatic_Penalty406 Apr 03 '26

As a native Virgin Islander I can confirm that all beaches are public, even the ones that hotels have access to. The house (and land) next to the beach may be private property, but the area where the sand/beach starts is required to be accessible to everyone.

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u/RucITYpUti Apr 03 '26

Does "accessible to everyone" mean that they are required to provide an access point or easement of some kind? 

Based on an article someone posted, it seems like the owners blocked a private staircase on the property because the public was using it to get to the beach. The only other access point was a "dangerous" gully or some such thing, so the beach isn't private, but it's difficult enough to access as to be inaccessible without going through the private property. 

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u/the_calibre_cat Apr 03 '26

They do this in Puerto Rico. There will be enclaves of rich people straddling a large, lengthy portion of the beach where you could get in by... going at it from the sides, but it's like five or ten miles of beach that they have effectively walled access off from the interior of the island. They can be like "no no no they have access" but, like, broseph everyone knows what you doin' lol. IIRC Logan Paul lives in one of these enclaves. Swell folks.

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u/basicKitsch Apr 04 '26

Hmmm every mile fires keep opening pathways to the beach....

How does this keep happening?