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Florida...massive gap..North Carolina and South Carolina. NE has very scenic seashores (the Bluffs on the Islands and the rocks and hills of Maine), but it's more scenic seashore tourism than beach tourism. NJ has a lot of visitors, but it's mostly regional getaway stuff. Not sure people really go out of the way to go to Jersey Shore. The Carolina's seem to get more destination tourism. Not that the towns (outside of Charleston) or even beaches are amazing but the water is warmer.
Huh. It’s weird that I don’t associate beaches with the east coast at all besides Florida. Probably because Florida is the only Atlantic beach I’ve ever been on and aside from flying is the only time I’ve ever even seen the Atlantic Ocean.
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Huh. It’s weird that I don’t associate beaches with the east coast at all besides Florida. Probably because Florida is the only Atlantic beach I’ve ever been on and aside from flying is the only time I’ve ever even seen the Atlantic Ocean.
It's kind of a big deal on every east coast state, all the way up to Maine. Yeah really! Maine! I use to swim at this beautiful stretch of sand when I was a kid -
It's kind of a big deal on every east coast state, all the way up to Maine. Yeah really! Maine! I use to swim at this beautiful stretch of sand when I was a kid -
You need young blood to get in that water. But It's an awesome place to be on a hot day in July.
That’s definitely cognitive dissonance for me - that hits me as an aberration rather than sort of normal atalantic coast stuff. But like I said, I haven’t spent much time out this way and barely any of that on the Atlantic.
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Oh, and: driving past Fenwick Island on DE 1, you know you've entered Maryland when you see high-rise condo after high-rise condo on your left. Ocean City's (over)development marches right up to the Delaware line and abruptly stops.[/QUOTE]
Funny, i went to visit a friend who had a condo in Ocean City, and on the way back, i stopped in a gift shop in Fenwick Island... and was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the high rises were gone and thought it seemed like a really cute beach town. Ocean City honestly wasn't my cup of tea.
Funny, i went to visit a friend who had a condo in Ocean City, and on the way back, i stopped in a gift shop in Fenwick Island... and was pleasantly surprised at how quickly the high rises were gone and thought it seemed like a really cute beach town. Ocean City honestly wasn't my cup of tea.
I personally would go to MD DE NJ beaches before MA though..but their destinations aren’t as well known.
Generally agree with you on that point.
Cape Cod + the Islands have a higher profile beyond New England than the Jersey Shore does beyond the Mid-Atlantic region...
...with the exception of Atlantic City. But in terms of physical form, AC is the antithesis of a "beach town." It's more like a small big city with a beach and boardwalk, and the addition of the casinos only made it more so.
(Well, come to think of it, thanks to its most famous native son, Asbury Park probably has name recognition beyond the Mid-Atlantic as well. But like AC, it doesn't have the beach-town vibe or charm.)
Edited to add: Or am I right here? After all, the Jersey Shore also has the legacy of the Miss America Pageant, Louis Malle's 1980 film "Atlantic City" and the MTV reality series "Jersey Shore," which took place in Seaside Heights.
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