Ocean City, Maryland

Ocean City, Maryland could easily be considered the most popular place to vacation for the entire Delmarva area (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) in the summer. With swells of visitors reaching a half million each year, the resort town established around 1900 has exploded as a vacation destination in the past decades. Also, the construction of the Bay Bridge and the Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel in the 1960’s gave residents of the Baltimore, Washington D.C. and Virginia areas easy access to the resort, while annual migration to “OC” increased exponentially. This 10 mile stretch of beach and boardwalk boasts seafood, entertainment, and a tan to people of all ages. It is home to what seems like hundreds of hotels and motels, numerous big name seafood restaurants such as Phillips and Thrashers, The Roland E. Powell Convention Center, and infamous bars such as Seacrets and the Party Block. Ocean City sees a wide variety of people during the summer with annual events like the month long barrage of drunken teenagers during their “Senior Weeks,” families just taking their kids to the beach for a week, or even the dreaded “Bike Week.” I personally have gone down to Ocean City almost every summer for as long as I can remember, sometimes even more than once a year, and I strongly believe that Ocean City, Maryland plays a very significant role to a wide variety of people as a place to let loose and just have fun.

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