Places
To Live In The
Ocean City Area
Ocean City Condos: The "mid-section" of Ocean City is full of
high-rise condomiums. Not cheap, but they have their obvious
advantages.
Ocean City Single Family Homes: You find more of these on the
southern and northern beachfront areas and all along the bayside.
Ocean Pines, Berlin and other "mainland" communities: Over
the bay and just a few minutes away from the beach, but miles
away from the congestion and biggest prices.
Fenwick Island: Unless you're really paying attention you might
not even notice that you've crossed the border from the north
end of Ocean City into Fenwick Island, Delaware.
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About Ocean City
Ocean City is Maryland's primary resort town.
Things got started rather slowly in the late 19th and early 20th
centuries, but the town really boomed with the opening of the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge, making it much easier for vacationers
to make the trip from the Baltimore and Washington, DC areas.
Today, even after years of growth, it can be hard to find an
available Ocean City
hotel room on busy weekends.
It's hard to define a "commercial center"
of a resort town, when everything in the city is aimed at commercial
activity. There's a seemingly unending trail of restaurants,
bars, and shops from one end of the Coastal Highway to the other,
although things are a little more concentrated in southern half
of the city. At least during the beach-going season, you'll never
have trouble finding a restaurant, but it make take awhile to
get seated. Traditional favorites include Phillips
Seafood (which
started in Ocean City over 50 years ago before spreading throughout
the East Coast), The Embers,
M.R.
Ducks, several
editions of The Dough Roller, and a
couple of Greene Turtles.
Cultural activities are centered on the shows
that come to the Ocean City Convention Center. Salisbury, less
than an hour to the west, has its own convention center, Salisbury
State University, and a minor league baseball team.
Nature lovers will enjoy the easy access available
to the Assateague
Island National Seashore and Assateague
State Park. The largest chunk of oceanfront property in Maryland is
preserved
by these state and federal lands, but they're open year-round
to visitors. The National Seashore continues south across the
Virginia border and has a second entry point near Chincoteague,
Virginia. However, you can't travel within the park by car from
Maryland to Virginia or vice-versa.
Ocean
City is governed by a mayor and a city
council consisting of seven council members elected on an at-large
basis. Ocean City is in Worcester
County, which has seven commissioners elected by district.
A county administrator oversees the day-to-day
business of the county.
While there aren't any golf courses in Ocean
City itself (other than quite a few of the miniature variety),
there are several great
golf courses just over the bridges onto the mainland.
View an interactive
map starting with the souther end of Ocean City.
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Most people only know Ocean City as a place you go to for your annual
beach vacation. But there's a growing number of folks who have chosen
to make the Ocean City area either a permanent home or have purchased
a second home in the area for frequent visits.