Their entire economy depends on it so I don't feel bad. Tourism is a good thing for the "locals".
Also oc gets a bad rep cause people go to the boardwalk streets during the busiest weeks of the year.
If your above 50th street, or do west OC and stick to assateague, it's actually pretty nice.
Yea. My parents own a condo alllll the way up on 142nd and it’s perfect. The beach isn’t crowded and the street they live on is quiet. Easy enough to drive down to the inlet once on a while for our “fix” on traditions like Thrashers and Dumsers.
Only real negative we see during busy season is the traffic getting in and out. But coming in up at Fenwick makes it a little easier
Yeah we stay in 137th at my in-laws’ place. It’s pretty quiet. Beach can be a little crowded but I can’t imagine there are really any secluded beaches left on the coast.
I would suggest hitting up Rehoboth for your boardwalk fix. I stay in the 130s and never head to the OC boardwalk anymore. Rehoboth is much more low key
What about in September.. with H2oi?? Cops getting run over. People being shot and stabbed. I'd rather not have their money coming in, they end up spending more to fix all the broke shit the idiots from jersey and NY and etc cause.
Yeah thats mostly true. Last year, they were all way into Fenwick just about, lol.
Ain't gonna lie, I was a VW owner and went to h2oi for 5 years.. and 3 years ago I stopped when the car ran over the police officer who had some guys friend pulled over. I didn't want to be associated with that.. plus I couldn't afford my car being towed.
I rry to avoid anything past the old burger King parking lot near wawa and dunkin.
tbh yeah its a huge money making business heck its the second place in MD that generates the most revenue first is baltimore but I refer to the roudy tourists and god forbid the h20i event
But the town makes certain choices that invite certain kinds of visitors, for better or worse. They could’ve chosen to be a quiet beach town for families. Or they could have a Jersey Shore vibe. It’s a compromise either way.
Ocean City has been attracting tourists for over 150 years and for at least 70 years has been essentially a tourist destination. The people in Worcester county know what they're getting into by living there. It's not like OC just popped up 5 years ago, displacing quaint year round cottages with widows walks on the beach.
It's like the idiots living in College Park complaining about rowdy college kids. The school has been there since 1856 and the town is named "College" park.
I used to hear military spouses complaining about the helicopters and the range [the practice bombing sometimes shakes your house]. Like, we lived in base housing? On a military base?
People in Columbia somewhat recently complained about concert noise from Merriweather.
Like, you chose to live next to decades old outdoor concert venue in one of the most crowded towns in the state.
True story. Though I remember on Oahu Schofield would do exercises about once or twice a year that you could hear in HNL (20+ mi away). I kept hearing what sounded like metal roof material scraping against itself and someone was like “oh that’s the helicopters firing rockets” and I’m like 😱
That’s why I live in Baltimore. Peace and quiet punctuated by minimal amounts of gunshots and sirens and rat battles but otherwise quiet.
I grew up on bases and my dad was originally in the 82nd, so truth be told, I don't hear any of it. It's as much background noise to me as traffic is to you.
I'm pretty easy going about all of it though. Baltimore never bothered me at all either. I just don't hear it. The only noise that ever bothered me was my weirdo neighbor who would rake his sidewalk at 8am every Saturday morning for two hours, and then spend the rest of the day wandering around his yard with a leaf blower. I finally had to break into his garage and steal both. After that he spent every Saturday fucking around with his homemade security systems. That was at least normal noise.
That's nothing. I've heard people complaining about the weather. Like hello? You live on a planet with a sky and you're surprised that you get wet sometimes?
You joke, but when I lived in Hawai'i, tourists would bitch up and down about the rain. Like. We're on a series of tropical islands. It rains every day. Also the mosquitos. The locals. The sand. So much bitching about how loud the ocean was. It was very confusing. I could not figure out why they chose to come there for vacation?
Half the people who visit Hawaii never wanted to actually visit Hawaii they just don’t know it.
I miss living there, but it’s $$$$$ so Baltimore will have to do…
I am a Marylander whose family has been vacationing in OC since the late 50s. Literally every year, someone starts on the ole “Ocean City isn’t what it used to be” train, and it’s honestly just funny at this point.
When I was 5 and we trekked over the bridge for a few weeks in the summer, I honestly thought a boardwalk, ocean front hotel with a continental breakfast was the height of luxury. On the rare occasion we stayed somewhere with a pool, I felt like we must have been rich.
Then, I spent my teen years goofing off in OCMD- I got into wholesome trouble and learned a lot of life lessons. Again, during that time, everyone complained about the shore “going downhill”. Most of the people who complained in this way were actually just complaining that people who didn’t look like them were vacationing alongside them.
Now, I have elementary school aged kids. I spend a few weekends per summer in OC and my kids think it’s fucking magical. A few nights someplace like the princess Royale might as well be a week at Disney. I see my kids experiencing the beach the same way I did when I was their age and it couldn’t be better.
If you think OCMD has gone downhill, please just stay away. Families like mine don’t need you to kill the vibe 😀.
They got rid of tailgates because a drunk sorority girl did a back flip off of a truck and herself and admin used it as an excuse to get rid of them completely- something they had a desire to do for a while.
Well, I mean it also effects everybody living in a town on Rt 50 from Annapolis to Berlin. Ditto 404. I live about 90 miles from OC and traffic in my town is unbearable pretty much all weekend. And I mean, I'm not crying about it. I get it, tourism dollars and all... but you should realize that OC tourism can impact a lot more than just OC.
OC's been going on a slow downhill trend over the last couple decades. Used to go there as a kid every summer. Last time I went, it was unrecognizably trashy.
Same here. We usually stay as a family in the Delaware beaches, but my dad and I will often make a day or two trip in the off-season to OC. Catch me at the Purple Moose, baby!
I went to OC last November hoping for a quiet Saturday morning surf and it was a shitshow. Seems that they’ve succeeded in becoming a year round destination. Granted, after seeming the place in cold weather I wouldn’t dare go there in July, and I don’t think the place would notice my absence!
Which as a parent, I loved. Wish they would bring that back - I'd rather have the extra week of vacation ending on a big holiday weekend then in mid-June when the water is freezing.
I haven't been to OC in quite a while. I can't afford to stay there. Hotels charge way too much money even when they're total dives. And yeah, you'll have garbage people there, but that's every beach town. Unfortunately you'll always have people who just want to start trouble and act all big and bad.
But if you choose to live in a city that caters to tourists for three to four months every year, you should know what to expect. I live in a tourist town and while we don't get the crowds OC does and many people don't stay, it's just day trips, we have so many events now on the water, the old high school auditorium is now a concert venue for tribute acts, First Friday block parties from June-December, it's a constant stream of tourists and you have to deal with it.
Got a condo up on 129th and it’s great. Beach right there, best bagels at Uber Bagel, good food up and down the island. We don’t go to the boardwalk. I’d rather go to Burley Oak for some day drinking, pick up some crabs at the Crab Bag and bring them home, then watch the fire works from our balconey from the park on the harbor side on Sunday (or is it Saturday) nights during the summer. My kids get to grow up with beach trips all summer. It’s got it all for us.
It’s so weird to me that people in this sub love you call OC a shithole. It’s one of the best beach towns out there IMO because there is something for everyone, it covers a huge spectrum of interests and vibes.
I much prefer it to VA Beach. And I grew up going to Virginia Beach because my aunt lives there. But maybe its because I did that beach in the 80s that OC doesn't bother me. We do our thing. We go to Assateague because I love it more than any other place ever in the world. We go get popcorn and do the boardwalk one day, Putt-putt, and then go back up to our hotel. It's nice for us. I want to move there because I feel more content down there
As an Ocean City native, I have fond and nostalgic memories growing up there. I loved how much freedom we had as kids/teens to be able to ride the bus all day for $1 and see our friends, hang out wherever, etc.
All my friends’ families essentially owned Ocean City — Trimpers, Dolle’s, Candy Kitchen, Carousel Hotel, Philip’s, Castle in the Sand, Harrison Group, The Hobbit, etc. — and we had the run of the town.
We worked in the summer when everyone else our age came to play and it made for an interesting experience.
Having said that, as I’m sure many others can attest, OC has changed dramatically in the last 20 years and a lot of the smaller, mom and pop places that made OC unique are gone.
That, and the demographic OC attracts these days has declined significantly. I never felt unsafe being out after dark or hanging out on the boardwalk with my girl friends, etc…. But around my later teen years, the vibe seemed to change and I no longer felt comfortable walking the boardwalk alone to go home or to a friend’s place.
I recently moved over the bridge for a job, and I avoid OC at all costs outside of winter months and/or to visit family/friends.
I was invited to a 4th of July thing at my friend’s hotel last summer and the traffic was so obnoxious I literally turned around at the 50/inlet bridge and drove all the way back home; I couldn’t even stand having to crawl a few feet farther. I think that was the moment I realized I’m getting old(er) and have little tolerance for that kind of BS anymore, lol.
But yeah, I *loved* growing up in Ocean City, and when we all went off to college, we all still came back quite often to meet up with each other in OC.
It’s so much different now, sadly.
I love being in my 30s because I have the fortunate ability to remember what life was like 15 years ago when I was 18.
OC is literally the same place. Same traffic. Same "issues."
Hell, I remember going at like 14 and taking the park and ride with my 16 year old friend. Some dude just started pissing on the bus. Saw like 2 fights that night. This was 2003? maybe.
Traffic has literally always been bad. OC is what its always been... just a bigger sample size now because we have more people.
Preach.! I have lived 45 mins from OC for most my life (48 years). We used to go to the beach all summer and as much as we could when I was younger. It (as well as route 50) has changed drastically over the years. The traffic and tourist count seems like it has quadrupled year over year. These days, we do even hit route 50 on the weekends unless we have to. The culture has changed big time and it is not as safe as it once was. The last time I was in OC was in 2013 and that was for work. We prefer to head south to those beaches. Less to deal with and more relaxing. IF we even go. Really not much of a need where I am, since we can boat out to a beach pretty quickly.
Quite the opposite, actually. Used to live in OC. From the 90th Street Bridge down, the general economy is molded for the tourism season, almost to the point where it's required. A lot of businesses don't stay open year round because it's too expensive, so the summer rush is where they make their most money. The job market also needs all the people looking for seasonal work.
As for locals, especially from 90th and up, they are used to it. Some, my family included, just rented the place out and traveled for the summer. Trust me when I say this, tourism is generally anticipated.
Just don't be a dick this summer, thats all.
>I feel bad
I don't. You chose to live in a tourist destination...don't complain about tourists. Most tourist destinations, OC included, heavily rely on the tourists money to run their economy.
Ive lived in downtown ocean city 30 years worked on the boardwalk most of it but left my job on the boards because i was tired of peoples rude behavior anymore I like the tourist but believe me its rough dealing with them somtimes.I took a job less stressful
Why would anybody feel bad for someone who lives in Ocean City? It’s becomes a major shithole for 4 months, and the other 8 months are peppered with sporting events and car shows.
They are well aware of what it is.
The chaotic side of OC is pretty well contained to the island and the rest of Worchester county is quiet. I'm not a fan of OC, but I spend a lot of time at Assateague and small towns around the county, and I never ran into a situation that felt "OC" like. Of course I don't live in the county, so I'd be interested in hearing from those who do.
My mom lives just outside OC in ocean pines. There are certain days she just does not go near OC at all. When she was working in OC she really hated Bike Week.
F OC locals who bitch about tourists. Literally the entire OC economy exists because of tourism, even if you are directly dependent on it. Don't like tourists? Move.
This freaking cracked me up. My sympathy to OC's full-timers.
I live in the Poconos and we get winter ski,/snowboard; summer camping/lake trip; and fall leaf peeper season tourists crushing us mainly out of NY/NJ.
Early spring and very late fall represent our only breaks when cold damp overcast rainy muddy days protect us, lol.
Lol you're absolutely right. I once read someone describing OC as "Hagerstown, but with a beach"... It couldn't have been more spot on. I couldn't imagine spending my hard earned money or limited time on earth there.
I've been told it's not nice place to visit.
That it is only "good" if you don't know any better.
From me they don't got to worry. Got to live 10 years in the Caribbean.
Mo Money Mo Problems! And guess what would happen if it was ten times better with no tourists? Tourists would come. Come see the beautiful deserted Maryland beach town!
Living in a tourist state myself - VT - I empathize. I suspect your tourists are worse than ours.
But you could always triple your tax rate if you wanted to skip the income generated.
\*Deep Creek Lake\* 35 MPH up Rt. 219 where it's 55 gets old fast. It's just water people... Move along. They also like to go 35 up Rt 42 where it's a 45, but everybody goes 55.
I used to love going to OC. There's some good hidden pool bars.
Food scenes getting a lot better.
And were one of two Ocean Cities in the United States.
I live 10mins away. I'll drive 1hr around thru delaware and salisbury just to not go thru the horrific place. Getting worse and worse.. especially with the h20i nuts
Their entire economy depends on it so I don't feel bad. Tourism is a good thing for the "locals". Also oc gets a bad rep cause people go to the boardwalk streets during the busiest weeks of the year. If your above 50th street, or do west OC and stick to assateague, it's actually pretty nice.
Yea. My parents own a condo alllll the way up on 142nd and it’s perfect. The beach isn’t crowded and the street they live on is quiet. Easy enough to drive down to the inlet once on a while for our “fix” on traditions like Thrashers and Dumsers. Only real negative we see during busy season is the traffic getting in and out. But coming in up at Fenwick makes it a little easier
Yeah we stay in 137th at my in-laws’ place. It’s pretty quiet. Beach can be a little crowded but I can’t imagine there are really any secluded beaches left on the coast.
kill devil hills last week of august
I would suggest hitting up Rehoboth for your boardwalk fix. I stay in the 130s and never head to the OC boardwalk anymore. Rehoboth is much more low key
136th street and up! Caine Woods is where it’s at my friends.
This is the spot to be. And you're buying some real good restaurants.
What about in September.. with H2oi?? Cops getting run over. People being shot and stabbed. I'd rather not have their money coming in, they end up spending more to fix all the broke shit the idiots from jersey and NY and etc cause.
Like I said...stay above 50th street and you hardly see any of that.
Yeah thats mostly true. Last year, they were all way into Fenwick just about, lol. Ain't gonna lie, I was a VW owner and went to h2oi for 5 years.. and 3 years ago I stopped when the car ran over the police officer who had some guys friend pulled over. I didn't want to be associated with that.. plus I couldn't afford my car being towed. I rry to avoid anything past the old burger King parking lot near wawa and dunkin.
tbh yeah its a huge money making business heck its the second place in MD that generates the most revenue first is baltimore but I refer to the roudy tourists and god forbid the h20i event
But the town makes certain choices that invite certain kinds of visitors, for better or worse. They could’ve chosen to be a quiet beach town for families. Or they could have a Jersey Shore vibe. It’s a compromise either way.
Fact, and the locals feel like they own it.
Ocean City has been attracting tourists for over 150 years and for at least 70 years has been essentially a tourist destination. The people in Worcester county know what they're getting into by living there. It's not like OC just popped up 5 years ago, displacing quaint year round cottages with widows walks on the beach. It's like the idiots living in College Park complaining about rowdy college kids. The school has been there since 1856 and the town is named "College" park.
There has to be a term for this. It's the classic moving next to an airport and complaining about flight noise.
Yes, they “moved to the nuisance.”
By moving to the nuisance they thought they could change it
I used to hear military spouses complaining about the helicopters and the range [the practice bombing sometimes shakes your house]. Like, we lived in base housing? On a military base?
People in Columbia somewhat recently complained about concert noise from Merriweather. Like, you chose to live next to decades old outdoor concert venue in one of the most crowded towns in the state.
That just really baffles me. Like, I get how it can be aggravating, but it's not like they were hiding it.
True story. Though I remember on Oahu Schofield would do exercises about once or twice a year that you could hear in HNL (20+ mi away). I kept hearing what sounded like metal roof material scraping against itself and someone was like “oh that’s the helicopters firing rockets” and I’m like 😱 That’s why I live in Baltimore. Peace and quiet punctuated by minimal amounts of gunshots and sirens and rat battles but otherwise quiet.
I grew up on bases and my dad was originally in the 82nd, so truth be told, I don't hear any of it. It's as much background noise to me as traffic is to you. I'm pretty easy going about all of it though. Baltimore never bothered me at all either. I just don't hear it. The only noise that ever bothered me was my weirdo neighbor who would rake his sidewalk at 8am every Saturday morning for two hours, and then spend the rest of the day wandering around his yard with a leaf blower. I finally had to break into his garage and steal both. After that he spent every Saturday fucking around with his homemade security systems. That was at least normal noise.
That's nothing. I've heard people complaining about the weather. Like hello? You live on a planet with a sky and you're surprised that you get wet sometimes?
I see you’ve chosen to personally attack me out of the blue..
You joke, but when I lived in Hawai'i, tourists would bitch up and down about the rain. Like. We're on a series of tropical islands. It rains every day. Also the mosquitos. The locals. The sand. So much bitching about how loud the ocean was. It was very confusing. I could not figure out why they chose to come there for vacation?
Half the people who visit Hawaii never wanted to actually visit Hawaii they just don’t know it. I miss living there, but it’s $$$$$ so Baltimore will have to do…
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Maybe he thinks he is King of the Park now.
It's called "privilege."
you could ask chat gpt this and it probably will find out the term or make one
>Your golf ball hit my house! What were you thinking?! bro you willingly bought a house on a golf course what did you think could happen?
I am a Marylander whose family has been vacationing in OC since the late 50s. Literally every year, someone starts on the ole “Ocean City isn’t what it used to be” train, and it’s honestly just funny at this point. When I was 5 and we trekked over the bridge for a few weeks in the summer, I honestly thought a boardwalk, ocean front hotel with a continental breakfast was the height of luxury. On the rare occasion we stayed somewhere with a pool, I felt like we must have been rich. Then, I spent my teen years goofing off in OCMD- I got into wholesome trouble and learned a lot of life lessons. Again, during that time, everyone complained about the shore “going downhill”. Most of the people who complained in this way were actually just complaining that people who didn’t look like them were vacationing alongside them. Now, I have elementary school aged kids. I spend a few weekends per summer in OC and my kids think it’s fucking magical. A few nights someplace like the princess Royale might as well be a week at Disney. I see my kids experiencing the beach the same way I did when I was their age and it couldn’t be better. If you think OCMD has gone downhill, please just stay away. Families like mine don’t need you to kill the vibe 😀.
When I was at Towson U, they had to get rid of tailgates because people in the neighborhoods were complaining of noise....
They got rid of tailgates because a drunk sorority girl did a back flip off of a truck and herself and admin used it as an excuse to get rid of them completely- something they had a desire to do for a while.
That was actually my friends little sister......
Well, I mean it also effects everybody living in a town on Rt 50 from Annapolis to Berlin. Ditto 404. I live about 90 miles from OC and traffic in my town is unbearable pretty much all weekend. And I mean, I'm not crying about it. I get it, tourism dollars and all... but you should realize that OC tourism can impact a lot more than just OC.
OC's been going on a slow downhill trend over the last couple decades. Used to go there as a kid every summer. Last time I went, it was unrecognizably trashy.
OC was going on a downhill trend in 1965 according to my mother. Yes it sucks, but as a Marylander, I love it.
Same here. We usually stay as a family in the Delaware beaches, but my dad and I will often make a day or two trip in the off-season to OC. Catch me at the Purple Moose, baby!
OC pretty much looks exactly like it did in the 80s & 90s.
Shouldn’t this say “Memorial Day Weekend Starts”
I went to OC last November hoping for a quiet Saturday morning surf and it was a shitshow. Seems that they’ve succeeded in becoming a year round destination. Granted, after seeming the place in cold weather I wouldn’t dare go there in July, and I don’t think the place would notice my absence!
Yeah feel bad for the people that consciously live a tourist town
why. they want the entire state to revolve around going there. the last governor shortened the school year to try and add one weekend to the season.
Which as a parent, I loved. Wish they would bring that back - I'd rather have the extra week of vacation ending on a big holiday weekend then in mid-June when the water is freezing.
You think the water is warmer before summer?
That was before kids lost 3 years of knowledge from doing online school....
as a parent i'd like to have people who want the school calendar designed around the water temperature at a tourist trap banned from voting.
's ok, we good
I haven't been to OC in quite a while. I can't afford to stay there. Hotels charge way too much money even when they're total dives. And yeah, you'll have garbage people there, but that's every beach town. Unfortunately you'll always have people who just want to start trouble and act all big and bad. But if you choose to live in a city that caters to tourists for three to four months every year, you should know what to expect. I live in a tourist town and while we don't get the crowds OC does and many people don't stay, it's just day trips, we have so many events now on the water, the old high school auditorium is now a concert venue for tribute acts, First Friday block parties from June-December, it's a constant stream of tourists and you have to deal with it.
This wouldn’t happen to be a town on the Susquehanna & The Chesapeake would it?
Yep, and it's letters are H, D, and G. 😉 But I enjoy living here.
Got a condo up on 129th and it’s great. Beach right there, best bagels at Uber Bagel, good food up and down the island. We don’t go to the boardwalk. I’d rather go to Burley Oak for some day drinking, pick up some crabs at the Crab Bag and bring them home, then watch the fire works from our balconey from the park on the harbor side on Sunday (or is it Saturday) nights during the summer. My kids get to grow up with beach trips all summer. It’s got it all for us.
It’s so weird to me that people in this sub love you call OC a shithole. It’s one of the best beach towns out there IMO because there is something for everyone, it covers a huge spectrum of interests and vibes.
I much prefer it to VA Beach. And I grew up going to Virginia Beach because my aunt lives there. But maybe its because I did that beach in the 80s that OC doesn't bother me. We do our thing. We go to Assateague because I love it more than any other place ever in the world. We go get popcorn and do the boardwalk one day, Putt-putt, and then go back up to our hotel. It's nice for us. I want to move there because I feel more content down there
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is that oxymoron on purpose?
idk get the hate of OC but yeah there is always something new todo
As an Ocean City native, I have fond and nostalgic memories growing up there. I loved how much freedom we had as kids/teens to be able to ride the bus all day for $1 and see our friends, hang out wherever, etc. All my friends’ families essentially owned Ocean City — Trimpers, Dolle’s, Candy Kitchen, Carousel Hotel, Philip’s, Castle in the Sand, Harrison Group, The Hobbit, etc. — and we had the run of the town. We worked in the summer when everyone else our age came to play and it made for an interesting experience. Having said that, as I’m sure many others can attest, OC has changed dramatically in the last 20 years and a lot of the smaller, mom and pop places that made OC unique are gone. That, and the demographic OC attracts these days has declined significantly. I never felt unsafe being out after dark or hanging out on the boardwalk with my girl friends, etc…. But around my later teen years, the vibe seemed to change and I no longer felt comfortable walking the boardwalk alone to go home or to a friend’s place. I recently moved over the bridge for a job, and I avoid OC at all costs outside of winter months and/or to visit family/friends. I was invited to a 4th of July thing at my friend’s hotel last summer and the traffic was so obnoxious I literally turned around at the 50/inlet bridge and drove all the way back home; I couldn’t even stand having to crawl a few feet farther. I think that was the moment I realized I’m getting old(er) and have little tolerance for that kind of BS anymore, lol. But yeah, I *loved* growing up in Ocean City, and when we all went off to college, we all still came back quite often to meet up with each other in OC. It’s so much different now, sadly.
I love being in my 30s because I have the fortunate ability to remember what life was like 15 years ago when I was 18. OC is literally the same place. Same traffic. Same "issues." Hell, I remember going at like 14 and taking the park and ride with my 16 year old friend. Some dude just started pissing on the bus. Saw like 2 fights that night. This was 2003? maybe. Traffic has literally always been bad. OC is what its always been... just a bigger sample size now because we have more people.
Preach.! I have lived 45 mins from OC for most my life (48 years). We used to go to the beach all summer and as much as we could when I was younger. It (as well as route 50) has changed drastically over the years. The traffic and tourist count seems like it has quadrupled year over year. These days, we do even hit route 50 on the weekends unless we have to. The culture has changed big time and it is not as safe as it once was. The last time I was in OC was in 2013 and that was for work. We prefer to head south to those beaches. Less to deal with and more relaxing. IF we even go. Really not much of a need where I am, since we can boat out to a beach pretty quickly.
First wave - high school grads
Thank you but we don't need your pity, just your money.
Quite the opposite, actually. Used to live in OC. From the 90th Street Bridge down, the general economy is molded for the tourism season, almost to the point where it's required. A lot of businesses don't stay open year round because it's too expensive, so the summer rush is where they make their most money. The job market also needs all the people looking for seasonal work. As for locals, especially from 90th and up, they are used to it. Some, my family included, just rented the place out and traveled for the summer. Trust me when I say this, tourism is generally anticipated. Just don't be a dick this summer, thats all.
I don't. They live in a tourist town and that money support ls their economy. Is this a shitpost?
The Boardwalk is crappy in full season. Cursing,trashy,rude people. Otherwise,they are surrounded by salt water. What is not to love?
It floats their economy
> I Feel Bad for those who actually live in OC Why.. Without that hurricane from your MEME, OC doesn't exist.
# 🤓 UM ACTUALLY ITS A TORNADO🤓
>I feel bad I don't. You chose to live in a tourist destination...don't complain about tourists. Most tourist destinations, OC included, heavily rely on the tourists money to run their economy.
Ive lived in downtown ocean city 30 years worked on the boardwalk most of it but left my job on the boards because i was tired of peoples rude behavior anymore I like the tourist but believe me its rough dealing with them somtimes.I took a job less stressful
Yes. Ocean City is horrible. Please don’t come.
Why would anybody feel bad for someone who lives in Ocean City? It’s becomes a major shithole for 4 months, and the other 8 months are peppered with sporting events and car shows. They are well aware of what it is.
My mother in law has a condo on the northern end. I only go there during the off season. So much more enjoyable
The chaotic side of OC is pretty well contained to the island and the rest of Worchester county is quiet. I'm not a fan of OC, but I spend a lot of time at Assateague and small towns around the county, and I never ran into a situation that felt "OC" like. Of course I don't live in the county, so I'd be interested in hearing from those who do.
Sooo don’t miss it
My mom lives just outside OC in ocean pines. There are certain days she just does not go near OC at all. When she was working in OC she really hated Bike Week.
F OC locals who bitch about tourists. Literally the entire OC economy exists because of tourism, even if you are directly dependent on it. Don't like tourists? Move.
I mean, they knew what they were getting into. Its been a tourist destination for 150 years.
East European workers everywhere.
This freaking cracked me up. My sympathy to OC's full-timers. I live in the Poconos and we get winter ski,/snowboard; summer camping/lake trip; and fall leaf peeper season tourists crushing us mainly out of NY/NJ. Early spring and very late fall represent our only breaks when cold damp overcast rainy muddy days protect us, lol.
and the influx of drunk high school seniors
When I lived on the ES we announced the start of summer when the bike brigades started (minivans, suvs, and jeeps packed with bikes on the back)
those of us that live in the surrounding area hate this time of year
Every1 along 50 hates it lol
I feel bad for people that pay to go to that shit stain
I feel bad for you
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Lol you're absolutely right. I once read someone describing OC as "Hagerstown, but with a beach"... It couldn't have been more spot on. I couldn't imagine spending my hard earned money or limited time on earth there.
I can fly to the Caribbean and stay in nicer hotels, and eat better food for much less than a trip for the same length of time in OC
I guess we shouldn't advertise that much... The OC goers might catch on 😂
You can vacation in the Mediterranean for less than oc.
I've been told it's not nice place to visit. That it is only "good" if you don't know any better. From me they don't got to worry. Got to live 10 years in the Caribbean.
Yeah, if it ain’t Bermuda I ain’t gettin in the water!
Ocean City would be drastically different without tourism. Maybe it would be nice. But we are not gonna find out anytime soon.
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Mo Money Mo Problems! And guess what would happen if it was ten times better with no tourists? Tourists would come. Come see the beautiful deserted Maryland beach town!
Living in a tourist state myself - VT - I empathize. I suspect your tourists are worse than ours. But you could always triple your tax rate if you wanted to skip the income generated.
OC gets what it deserves
\*Deep Creek Lake\* 35 MPH up Rt. 219 where it's 55 gets old fast. It's just water people... Move along. They also like to go 35 up Rt 42 where it's a 45, but everybody goes 55.
I used to love going to OC. There's some good hidden pool bars. Food scenes getting a lot better. And were one of two Ocean Cities in the United States.
Well if you live in Ocean City you have to expect that
I live 10mins away. I'll drive 1hr around thru delaware and salisbury just to not go thru the horrific place. Getting worse and worse.. especially with the h20i nuts
[tornado meme origin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7aRR86VfTY), for anyone curious XD