Atlantic City, NJ HyperLocal City Guide featuring Neighborhoods, Zip Codes and Yellow Pages.

It’s a resort town. It’s a model for Monopoly. It’s an ocean town. It’s a gambling town. No matter. It’s all those things. Additionally, it used to seem quite magical in lore, because of its associations with Monopoly, which came about after 1936. The game’s success made people in the rest of the country aware of this unusual vacation spot that Philadelphians had used for a long time. Now, it’s a gambling mecca on the east coast with the Ocean Pier. It also boasts in its history the location for the original version of the Miss America pageant from 1921 to 2005. Every boy loves girls on the beach. Stroll the Boardwalk for five miles or so and see for yourself.