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It is a very attractive town but I think there are others just as nice. Spring Lake for one ,Chatham ,Princeton, Cranberry, Montclair and a few others!
Of these towns only Spring Lake could be considered a resort town. Smoke Rise beats anything on your list.
Well, is it unexpected that a travel magazine would focus on resort towns?
Camden and Paterson are never going to be on such a list, no.
Cape May is a resort town with well-maintained properties dating to the 19th and early 20th centuries. It holds the distinction of being the FIRST seaside resort, and the oddity of its history of being a resort town in a northern state that was affected by the Civil War, because people used to stay in Cape May with their slaves.
Sure.. you are right.. but you are missing the fact that Travel magazines don't just cover resort areas but Travel in general.
Sure.. you are right.. but you are missing the fact that Travel magazines don't just cover resort areas but Travel in general.
True.
Reminds me of a book I found in a bookstore travel section once called "Dangerous Places". It was about traveling to places most people would be afraid to visit.
Tbf I think the article is going after more vacation picturesque locations. 2 in ME, Nantucket, 2 in VT, etc.
I think NJ has some pretty stellar-looking towns like Princeton and Montclair. Others as well...
Sparta, Chester, Morristown, Lambertville come to mind as towns to visit with a cool downtown or with history but none of these are destination locations that anyone should be visiting except for a walk on a weekend.
Pre-Covid though I would fly in ~100+ international corporate people into North Jersey for trainings every year. The question always came up anything else to see besides NYC? Id point them to Cape May and Atlantic City (only to gamble). The feedback was always positive for Cape May because lets be honest where else can you see a whale from the beach.
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Sparta, Chester, Morristown, Lambertville come to mind as towns to visit with a cool downtown or with history but none of these are destination locations that anyone should be visiting except for a walk on a weekend.
Pre-Covid though I would fly in ~100+ international corporate people into North Jersey for trainings every year. The question always came up anything else to see besides NYC? Id point them to Cape May and Atlantic City (only to gamble). The feedback was always positive for Cape May because lets be honest where else can you see a whale from the beach.
Sparta, Chester, Morristown, Lambertville come to mind as towns to visit with a cool downtown or with history but none of these are destination locations that anyone should be visiting except for a walk on a weekend.
Pre-Covid though I would fly in ~100+ international corporate people into North Jersey for trainings every year. The question always came up anything else to see besides NYC? Id point them to Cape May and Atlantic City (only to gamble). The feedback was always positive for Cape May because lets be honest where else can you see a whale from the beach.
+1 Great post.
But whales can be seen in Ptown, Nantucket, Cape Cod and Newport. Ive seen personally.
Well they are spotted on occasion along the Jersey Shore and obviously some point in the Mass-hole state. LBI had a rare endangered one wash up on their beach a few weeks ago. However in Cape May they are reguarly 1,000ft from the beach where people are laying out. Its quite a sight, and so common there is a whole whale watching industry based on it there.
Well they are spotted on occasion along the Jersey Shore and obviously some point in the Mass-hole state. LBI had a rare endangered one wash up on their beach a few weeks ago. However in Cape May they are reguarly 1,000ft from the beach where people are laying out. Its quite a sight, and so common there is a whole whale watching industry based on it there.
Yes, definitely more whale-watching in Cape May than Long Branch. I just remember that happening last year, a day or so after I was at the beach and missed it!
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