Panama City Beach has long been a popular spring break destination but recent years may have become too extreme for the city to handle.

The city voted to ban alcohol on its beaches until April 18 as well as close bars at 2 a.m. instead of 4 a.m. Bay County also banned drinking on the areas of the beach it oversees.

The vote came on the heels of a shooting that left seven people injured near the beach.

Several local residents took issue with how their hometown is being portrayed as a result of the spring break chaos.

"PCB is my home and yes, there are areas that are trashy, but there are areas that are not," Kay Deer Greier told AL.com via Facebook. "There are also many good people here who will fight to reestablish some sense of decency on our beaches."

She added that many people causing issues are not Panama City Beach residents. The suspect in last weekend's shooting is from Mobile.

Still, some are concerned that the economy in the beach city will suffer.

Panama City Beach boasts dozens of souvenir stores and other businesses catered to tourists.

"This will have the kids boycott Panama City and taking their millions to some other city that allows it," Phillip Baine said via AL.com's Facebook page. "It only hurts the city; they still will do it somewhere.

A few college students have already taken to Twitter to express disdain for the new measure against booze on the beach.

"Here's an idea, put it in a cup," one spring breaker tweeted. "The end of PCB as we know it," another replied.

The drinking ban will be considered for future spring breaks and would last from March 1 until mid-April.

The Panama City Beach Police Department was unavailable for comment Wednesday afternoon.

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