Atlantic City casinos closing...

I am an Atlantic City High School Alum.Pre the Gambling Era.
By 1960 A/C no longer had anything to offer.
It has even less now

"07-17-14: Goldeneraguy
I am an Atlantic City High School Alum.Pre the Gambling Era.
By 1960 A/C no longer had anything to offer.
It has even less now"

Not true at all. In AC they can serve alcohol until 6am. Its 2am for the rest of NJ and PA.

I visited Atlantic City just once circa 1971. It was only about a 2 hour drive for me and I was just wandering. My recollection today is of disappointment at how played out and worn down the whole place seemed. I assumed that I was seeing the skeletal remnant of a former beauty. It was like a town bypassed by the new interstate and left to wither. Or today's metaphor of an American downtown depleted and destroyed by the arrival of WalMart.

My guess is that the great resort city was superseded and rendered obsolete by the introduction of affordable air travel. No doubt New Jersey's notorious family enterprises managed to get gambling legalized so they could take advantage of cheap property values and a central location, between NYC and Philly, to create an East Coast Las Vegas. Apparently it worked for a time, until gambling spread everywhere and once again rendered Atlantic City obsolete. Maybe it will be revived again with legal prostitution or marijuana. Maybe they'll just have to settle for the Chris Christie Archives and Museum. Or a New Jersey Politicians Hall of Fame named for Hugh Addonizio.

As a kid our family took our vacations in Ocean City just South of AC. It was a very nice place. It has been well over 40 years since our last family gathering there. Last time I was in AC was within a few years after Resorts, Harrahs, Playboy Club and the Golden Nugget were the name gamers, over 30 years ago. What was so striking was the boardwalk area and the rest of the city which was squalid and seedy much like I always remembered that place. It seems that greed always overtakes hope in the long run but then again hope was short lived after reality set in for those that live or lived in AC during those times and now.

"My guess is that the great resort city was superseded and rendered obsolete by the introduction of affordable air travel. No doubt New Jersey's notorious family enterprises managed to get gambling legalized so they could take advantage of cheap property values and a central location, between NYC and Philly, to create an East Coast Las Vegas. Apparently it worked for a time, until gambling spread everywhere and once again rendered Atlantic City obsolete. Maybe it will be revived again with legal prostitution or marijuana. Maybe they'll just have to settle for the Chris Christie Archives and Museum. Or a New Jersey Politicians Hall of Fame named for Hugh Addonizio."

It was a good idea, but they just put it in a very bad place. The city of AC was, and still is, as disaster. You have the hotels and the boardwalk, but that's it. Its not like Vegas where you can walk around and do stuff besides gambling. People are afraid to walk around in AC.