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Myrtle Beach evolves from blue collar beach to luxury focus
The Myrtle Beach area faces rapid change as high rise hotels and condo developments transform the Grand Strand. Local voices fear loss of affordable rooms and the workingman's beach while promoters push upscale venues like Broadway at the Beach and Coastal Grand mall. Expert Brad Dean notes lodging expansion from near nothing to 80,000 units in two decades.
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Myrtle Beach
Legends
Calabash
Angelo
Omega
Redneck Riviera
Grand Strand
South Carolina
Jackie Redding
Sea Banks Motor Inn
Ocean Boulevard
Jong
Redding
Area Chamber of Commerce
America
Dean
Radisson Plaza
Convention Center
Marriot
Oceanfront
Ocean Watch
Northeast
Mary Schmidt
Boone's Farm
Gay Dolphin
Sundurn
Oceanfront Emporium
Buz Plyler
Pigler
Atlantic Beach
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Dean Far
Taylor Damonte
Brittain Center For
Coastal Carolina University