And property developers have been investing billions to take it upmarket. Martin Scorsese is directing an HBO TV series set in the resort called Boardwalk Empire, which is already being touted as the next Sopranos. A direct train service from New York started in February, providing a welcome alternative to the Greyhound bus. It's America's answer to Blackpool.īut AC is on the up. Flickering neon signs advertising psychics and massages, $1 shops and T-shirt stores of the "I lost my ass in Atlantic City" variety line the faded boardwalk. A fashionable resort until the mid-20th century, with a seven-mile boardwalk, the world's first amusement pier and numerous fancy hotels, today the city is known for themed casinos (The Taj Mahal! The Wild West!) favoured by the blue-rinse and bachelor-party brigades. Tell a New Yorker you're spending the weekend in Atlantic City and you'll probably be met with incomprehension.
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