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What area has more things to do in terms of day/weekend trips between living in Metro Boston vs Metro NYC? To you what area (NYC vs Boston) has more things you can go see for a day or weekend by car. Which area wins?
Metro Boston: Boston Itself, Cape Cod, Marthas Vineyard, Nantucket, Gloucester, Newport RI, Kennebunkport, Salem, etc
Metro NYC: Manhattan, Jersey Shore, Catskills, Hamptons, The Poconos, Coney Island, Hoboken, Palisades, etc
Unique Poll.. but I now some of these are not in the respective metro, just close by to the places, and become quick options to vacation in for a day or two.
Depends what you like Boston has better countryside but NYC has more urban destinations so if you take road trips to escape the city Boston, if you take road trips to explore cities, NYC
I think eastern New England is light years ahead of downstate New York in terms of weekend getaways both in terms of variety and quality of locations. I drove between southeast CT and RI yesterday and at least half the cars I saw on the highway were from NY or NJ, and there’s a reason for that. I am pretty biased though.
I will give one nod to NYC: the Finger Lakes region is lovely.
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Originally Posted by btownboss4
Depends what you like Boston has better countryside but NYC has more urban destinations so if you take road trips to escape the city Boston, if you take road trips to explore cities, NYC
What urban destinations? Trenton and Newark? Those aren’t very typical vacation spots. I guess Philadelphia is roughly just as far from NYC as Portland is from Boston, but that’s the only nice-to-visit city close to New York that I can think of right now.
I think eastern New England is light years ahead of downstate New York in terms of weekend getaways both in terms of variety and quality of locations. I drove between southeast CT and RI yesterday and at least half the cars I saw on the highway were from NY or NJ, and there’s a reason for that. I am pretty biased though.
I will give one nod to NYC: the Finger Lakes region is lovely.
What urban destinations? Trenton and Newark? Those aren’t very typical vacation spots. I guess Philadelphia is roughly just as far from NYC as Portland is from Boston, but that’s the only nice-to-visit city close to New York that I can think of right now.
There are a lot of Hudson Valley towns and hiking trails as well as Long Island beaches that can be pretty great.
I think the two are pretty closely matched overall. Aside from Philadelphia (which is a huge plus), I'm also partial to New Haven. If we go smaller, then Kingston. I agree that Trenton and Newark need a lot of work, though there are things about/parts of Newark I like.
I think eastern New England is light years ahead of downstate New York in terms of weekend getaways both in terms of variety and quality of locations. I drove between southeast CT and RI yesterday and at least half the cars I saw on the highway were from NY or NJ, and there’s a reason for that. I am pretty biased though.
I will give one nod to NYC: the Finger Lakes region is lovely.
What urban destinations? Trenton and Newark? Those aren’t very typical vacation spots. I guess Philadelphia is roughly just as far from NYC as Portland is from Boston, but that’s the only nice-to-visit city close to New York that I can think of right now.
Overall New Jersey and Connecticut are rather urban. The Jersey Shore is much more built up than the Cape or New Hampshire (or really even the North Shore beyond Beverly) "rustic getaways" are 1.5 hours + from the city while places like Crane Beach or Wachusett Mountain are like 40 minutes from Boston
well, considering the cities are only a few hours apart by car, I think they share a lot of the same day trip options.
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