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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]There is not even a slight comparison between OBX and NE beaches. Some of the beaches in Massachusetts are world class. No one is flying in to OBX just to see the beach. [/quote]

I love Cape Cod - have spent time in, off top of my head, Chatham, Brewster, Orleans, Dennis/port, Wellfleet, P-town- and have been to Rockport and other non-CC Mass beaches. The towns are great, there is lots to do, you can have ocean, bay, ponds, etc all on same visit, much to enjoy and recommend. However, I have never been to a beach there that is world class. The beaches are often small, are almost always crowded, the sand isn’t great, the ocean water is freezing, and while the bay has its benefits (mostly with very young children, and even then the tides make it a PITA), to me that does count as swimming in the ocean for those who want to trot out the bay/sound/ponds as warmer places to swim.

Vs the OBX beaches I’ve been to in Duck are gorgeous - soft whiteish sand, uncrowded, ocean water cold enough to cool off but still warm enough to swim in. What isn’t great about the OBX are the “towns,” which are basically strip shopping centers, and that it is so hot there in the summer off-ocean that there isn’t much to do besides the beach.

Pros and cons to both. I’d visit and if your family enjoys it great and if not try someplace else the next year. [/quote]

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