depending on you age, for teens to college students Ocean city, NJ or ocean City, Maryland are both really fun and have board walks and lots to do. NJ is a little more trashy so if you want to go to a cleaner one in NJ try Wild Wood or sea isle both of which are still close to the board walk in OC if you want to go there. Also Virginia Beach is also fun, but not as much to do in the Ocean Cities. I also live in PA and i go to college in south carolina so ive gone to alot of the beaches on the east coast
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