What states/cities do various coastal resort destinations have their top spheres of influence? (ski resort)

[Borntoolate85]

Whenever you visit a resort area, whether at a beach, lake, ski resort, or some other getaway, you can tell that some of the items sold at gift shops or the chains that are provided along with the cuisine, license plates, and even the media coverage show some cultural sphere of influence. It sometimes mainly appeals to one region, but it can also appeal to many. That said, I was in Wildwood, NJ Saturday. From the cuisine and sports memorabilia that was posted, its clear that the Philadelphia region had the largest sphere of influence, followed by North Jersey/NYC, with the DC/Baltimore region's sphere nearly non-existant (I did see one crab house on Route 47 in those marshlands before you enter the resort area). Meanwhile, in Delaware (Lewes/Rehobeth), it's more mixed between DC, Baltimore, and Philly with a miniscule amount coming from NYC, Pittsburgh, and the rest of the country. Ocean City, MD is mainly Baltimore with a side of DC. Please add any other destinations to see where the bulk of the "locals" come from to have their regular vacations.

[CowsAndBeer]

Door County, WI (where I grew up) is about as far northeast as you can get in Wisconsin, but the "culture" is strongly slanted towards Chicago (4-5 hours away), followed by Milwaukee and then Minneapolis/St Louis/Detroit.

[jetsfan16]

For the Charleston area, I'd say that the majority of our vacationers come from the Columbia, Greenville-Spartanburg and Charlotte areas. Folly Beach is filled with people from those areas. Next are folks from Ohio and West Virginia (especially Cincinnati and the southwestern part of state).

After that is probably people from Georgia. Charleston has a lot of Harris Teeters (a Charlotte based grocery store), plus Bojangles and Cook-Out (popular in NC). The culture is largely our own, but Charlotte is 2nd.

[workaholics]

The Florida Panhandle beaches like Destin and Panama City always have a lot of Georgia license plates on the cars, specifically from counties like Gwinnett, Fulton and Cobb so I'd say Metro Atlanta people are the most frequent tourists, but I also see a ton of plates from Alabama, TN and even some Midwestern states like Indiana and Ohio.

Another popular getaway for Metro Atlantans would be North Georgia and Western North Carolina, although once you get closer to Asheville I would say Charlotte has greater influence on the region.

[kidphilly]

Originally Posted by Borntoolate85

Whenever you visit a resort area, whether at a beach, lake, ski resort, or some other getaway, you can tell that some of the items sold at gift shops or the chains that are provided along with the cuisine, license plates, and even the media coverage show some cultural sphere of influence. It sometimes mainly appeals to one region, but it can also appeal to many. That said, I was in Wildwood, NJ Saturday. From the cuisine and sports memorabilia that was posted, its clear that the Philadelphia region had the largest sphere of influence, followed by North Jersey/NYC, with the DC/Baltimore region's sphere nearly non-existant (I did see one crab house on Route 47 in those marshlands before you enter the resort area). Meanwhile, in Delaware (Lewes/Rehobeth), it's more mixed between DC, Baltimore, and Philly with a miniscule amount coming from NYC, Pittsburgh, and the rest of the country. Ocean City, MD is mainly Baltimore with a side of DC. Please add any other destinations to see where the bulk of the "locals" come from to have their regular vacations.

NJ Beach towns are basically split down the middle - Everything from AC (Well really Brigantine but you have go through AC to get north to Brigantine) to Cape May is dominated by Philly influence. LBI falls slightly more North Jersey/NYC but the one sort of grey beach (not as well singularly defined) compared to others. And All points north of LBI are N Jersey/NYC influenced. Easiest way to tell in the summer is see what game is on the back TV - if its the Mets or Yanks the area (and remainder of TV are the Phillies) is Philly or vice-versa

I have noted more blending all along the Jersey shore in the last 15 years but still the North/South divide at (down as we say in Philly not reference in NYC generally) the Jersey shore is NYC and Philly respectively

Also the other sort of ironic part is most N Jersey Beaches are actually closer to Philly than are the influenced southern beaches. Example I can get to Asbury Park (Almost directly east (a tad north) in 70 minutes from Center City - Wildwood is nearly 2 hours (and nearly as far south as the DC Beltway and south of the inner Harbor in Baltimore)

[Woodchucker]

Cape Cod is solidly Boston, but there is a significant presence of New Yorkers (and plenty of people from Connecticut who like NY sports teams). Same goes for Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket I assume.

The Maine coast is solidly Boston as well, but there is allegedly a historic presence of Philadelphians, in addition to the ubiquitous New Yorkers. (They're everywhere!)

It is tough to judge these areas (Maine, The Cape and Islands) based on sports teams alone, because the locals overwhelmingly support the Sox, Pats, Cs, and Bs.


This winter I visited Lake Placid for the first time and noticed that although the touristy stores mostly sold NYC area sports stuff, they also had a few token Boston and Montreal jerseys/shirts.

[BuckeyePorcupine]

Myrtle Beach is half Ohioan anymore, it seems