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Got any quarters? If you plan on parking for a day at the beach you'll likely need plenty to feed the meters. And we all know what happens if your meter runs out and your car is still there— That's right, parking tickets!

The truth is, you're a lot more likely to get a ticket in some shore towns than others. We've compiled a list from state municipal court records for a year-long period in July 2015 to June 2016.

We've calculated how many tickets Jersey shore towns write per square mile and ranked them from 44, the least likely place you'll get a shore ticket, to the No. 1 town for papering over cars.

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44. Strathmere, Upper Township

Upper Township makes up nearly 69 square miles, but only issues less than a tenth of a ticket per square mile.

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43. Ocean Grove, Neptune

Neptune, with shore points at Ocean Grove, is nearly 9 square miles and issued just under five tickets per square mile.

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42. Berkeley Twp.

Berkeley is just under 56 square miles and issued eight tickets per square mile in a one year period in 2015 to 2016. But the 462 tickets issued during that time represents a 202 percent increase over the prior year.

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41. Toms River

Toms River has an area of just under 137 square miles.

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40. Barnegat Light

Barnegat Light is just under 1 square mile.

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39. Harvey Cedars

Harvey Cedars is just over 1 square mile.

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38. Brick

Brick is just over 32 square miles.

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37. Long Beach

Long Beach is 22 square miles.

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36. Cape May Point

Cape May Point is less than a half mile. It is a popular location to watch the sun melt into the ocean on the western horizon at sunset.

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35. Sea Girt

Sea Girt is just under 1.5 miles.

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34. Brigantine

Brigantine is just over 10 square miles. The 1,086 tickets written in a one year period between 2015 to 2016 represents a 77 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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33. Monmouth Beach

Monmouth Beach is just over 2 square miles. The 433 tickets issued in a one year period between 2015 to 2016 is a 78 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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32. Longport

Longport is just over 1.5 square miles. The 336 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 33 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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31. Avalon

Avalon is just under 5 miles.

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30. Beach Haven

Beach Haven is just under 2.5 square miles.

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29. Bay Head

Bay Head is .7 square miles.

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28. Surf City

Surf City is just under a mile.

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27. Stone Harbor

Stone Harbor is just under 2 square miles.

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26. Mantoloking

Mantoloking is just under a half mile. The 352 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 48 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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25. Manasquan

Manasquan is just over 2.5 square miles.

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24. Ocean City

Ocean City is just under 11 square miles. The 6,647 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 35 percent decrease over the prior one-year period.

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23. Spring Lake

Spring Lake is nearly 2 square miles.

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22. Lavallette

Lavallette is just under a mile. The 771 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 58 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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21. Long Branch

Long Branch is just over 6 square miles.

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20. Deal

Deal is 1.3 square miles. The 1,285 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 29 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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19. Ship Bottom

Ship Bottom is 1 square mile. The 1,076 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 267 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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18. Wildwood Crest

Wildwood Crest is 1.3 square miles. The 1,441 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 29 percent decrease over the prior one-year period.

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17. Sea Bright

Sea Bright is 1.3 square miles. The 1,500 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 271 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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16. Atlantic City

Atlantic City is 17 square miles. The 21,088 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 23 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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15. Avon-by-the-sea

Avon-by-the-sea is just over a half mile. The 675 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 75 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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14. Margate

Margate is 1.6 square miles. The 2,127 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 271 percent decrease over the prior one-year period.

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13. Sea Isle City

Sea Isle City is 2.5 square miles.

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12. Ventnor

Ventnor is 2.5 square miles.

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11. Allenhurst

Allenhurst is .3 square miles. The 549 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 48 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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10. Loch Arbour

Loch Arbour is .14 square miles. The 391 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 84 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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9. Cape May City

Cape May City is 2.7 square miles.

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8. Belmar

Belmar is 1.6 square miles. The 5,899 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 20 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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7. North Wildwood

North Wildwood is just over 2 miles. The 7,783 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 13 percent decrease over the prior one-year period.

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6. Point Pleasant Beach

Point Pleasant Beach is 4 square miles.

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5. Wildwood City

Wildwood City is 1.4 square miles.

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4. Seaside Park

Seaside Park is .76 square miles. The 4,488 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 24 percent decrease over the prior one-year period.

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3. Bradley Beach

Bradley Beach is .6 square miles. The 3,859 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 32 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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2. Seaside Heights

Seaside Heights is .7 miles.

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1. Asbury Park

Asbury Park is 1.6 square miles. The 28,964 tickets issued in a one-year period between 2015 to 2016 represent a 61 percent increase over the prior one-year period.

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