Every town seems like the promised land to the locals who love it most.
But it s different in Ormond Beach, because in 1918, the old man, whose name still means rich, pronounced the city the best. The old man could have gone anywhere in the world to escape the frigid northern winters. But he chose Ormond Beach. He died here. Today, when some residents speak of John D. Rockefeller, the Standard Oil billionaire, they talk in tones slightly reverent and awe-struck, as if a modern god had once graced the town.