I have only been to Bethany once and it might have been an unusually crowded week but I found the beaches shockingly, absurdly crowded. We have always gone to NC beaches and I just don't find crowds relaxing at all.

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Who gives a crap if pizza is "NY" or not.

There is a certain way to cook a good pizza. You don't have to be Italian or from NY to know or learn it.

A good pizza place DOES have a REALLY FREAKING HOT expensive (over $10k) oven. And freshly made dough from scratch.

That's about it, toppings are just tasty stuff that's fresh.

New Yorkers give a crap about pizza, because the love to tell everybody how everything is better "back home." My question is if it's so hetter back home, why are you here?

Also, you can find tons of great pizza outside of New York. It's not that hard to make.

I guess if you didn’t grow up with good food then it’s hard to understand why people appreciate and miss good food.

That said, I still go to OBX for reasons other than food. If NY/NJ had better beach rental options, I’d go there in a heartbeat.

Anonymous wrote:I much prefer OBX to the DE beaches mostly because I hate crowded beaches. Other minor factors include the fact that I prefer warmer water, and my kids think the waves are reliably bigger at OBX. But I realize that my opinions and choices may differ from others.

I agree. This especially applies to Hatteras Island. The island juts out close to the warm gulf stream waters. Also, south of Buxton, in Frisco and Hatteras Village, the beaches are more south facing, which brings in warmer water. I have only been to Duck and Corolla a couple times, and didn't find the water there much warmer than OCMD or Delaware beaches.

We also prefer less crowded beaches, which is another reason for us liking Hatteras so much. As a bonus, they even have pizza there, and some other food that's edible for most palettes, save the DCUM crowd, who only eat at Michelin restaurants, and would go into anaphylactic shock if they ate a burger with American cheese.

I much prefer OBX to the DE beaches mostly because I hate crowded beaches. Other minor factors include the fact that I prefer warmer water, and my kids think the waves are reliably bigger at OBX. But I realize that my opinions and choices may differ from others.

Anonymous wrote:
Who gives a crap if pizza is "NY" or not.

There is a certain way to cook a good pizza. You don't have to be Italian or from NY to know or learn it.

A good pizza place DOES have a REALLY FREAKING HOT expensive (over $10k) oven. And freshly made dough from scratch.

That's about it, toppings are just tasty stuff that's fresh.

New Yorkers give a crap about pizza, because the love to tell everybody how everything is better "back home." My question is if it's so hetter back home, why are you here?

Also, you can find tons of great pizza outside of New York. It's not that hard to make.

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Anonymous wrote:People go to OBX because it’s cheaper is the bottom line. You can get a much bigger place than DE or NJ beaches but drive is further and hardly any amenities at all.

Let me guess, you are from the Northeast.

I am from DC, and I agree.

Who goes to the beach for pizza and subs? I go for shrimp, crab cakes and scallops.

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Anonymous wrote:I was just looking at listings in the outer banks last night and it looks like there is not much available at this point

Yes, a month ago there were a bunch of options but not much anymore.

There is a large demand for beach areas this year.

We started looking for a place in the OBX like two weeks ago. Apparently, everyone else did, too: We would send around a link to a house that would work for our group and then it would be gone by the time we all finished talking about it. Finally found a place, but it's soundside (pro tip: if you find a house on AirBNB look for it on a realty site, too. our house was nearly $1,000 cheaper by not using AirBNB and their absurd fees).

We have school-parent friends who own an OBX rental and they've rode out the pandemic down there. They thought they would spend the entire summer there but their house suddenly got rented out for the season and now they're back in DC.

Private pools are a massive draw this summer and so many OBX houses have them.

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Anonymous wrote:
Who gives a crap if pizza is "NY" or not.

There is a certain way to cook a good pizza. You don't have to be Italian or from NY to know or learn it.

A good pizza place DOES have a REALLY FREAKING HOT expensive (over $10k) oven. And freshly made dough from scratch.

That's about it, toppings are just tasty stuff that's fresh.

Seems like PP gives a crap since she went on and on about how it was authentic NY-style pizza. She’s even been to NYC so it must be legit.

Hey I guess if you’re stuck in Bethany there is a good pizza place.

No, it’s more like how you did not believe PP and PP set you straight with 1 reply.

Anonymous wrote:
Who gives a crap if pizza is "NY" or not.

There is a certain way to cook a good pizza. You don't have to be Italian or from NY to know or learn it.

A good pizza place DOES have a REALLY FREAKING HOT expensive (over $10k) oven. And freshly made dough from scratch.

That's about it, toppings are just tasty stuff that's fresh.

Seems like PP gives a crap since she went on and on about how it was authentic NY-style pizza. She’s even been to NYC so it must be legit.

Hey I guess if you’re stuck in Bethany there is a good pizza place.

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Anonymous wrote:People go to OBX because it’s cheaper is the bottom line. You can get a much bigger place than DE or NJ beaches but drive is further and hardly any amenities at all.

+1

Hell if I'm driving seven hours for a POOL.

+1. I don’t care about a pool when you have the beach, ocean, boardwalk, shops, great restaurants, mini-golf, amusement park for the kids, and much more and the drive is under 3 hours to DE beaches.

DP, but agree to disagree here. DH and I choose southern OBX (Avon, Waves, etc) to avoid stuff like that. We grill, order seafood pots, maybe a pizza night... we don’t need to eat out every day... and my family enjoys fishing, surfing, and sitting on the beach for a week straight. No need for mini golf or amusement parks (and we have four kids, 3-11). To each his own.

Who gives a crap if pizza is "NY" or not.

There is a certain way to cook a good pizza. You don't have to be Italian or from NY to know or learn it.

A good pizza place DOES have a REALLY FREAKING HOT expensive (over $10k) oven. And freshly made dough from scratch.

That's about it, toppings are just tasty stuff that's fresh.

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Anonymous wrote:Duck is the closest but it does not compare to Stone Harbor or Avalon. There aren’t any good little pizza or sub shops in Duck like you get up north. Cravings is good but they get slammed every day so the wait is forever. There is one main road in Duck so the traffic is awful. It’s not grid streets like the Jersey shore. There’s no boardwalk to drive to and the charm is just not there IMO. It’s a lot of preppy Southerners wearing monogrammed clothes and Lilly Pulitzer stuff. I grew up in the northeast and I miss going to the Jersey shore so much. Better towns and people.

That is true for everywhere that isn’t NY/NJ/PA.

If you are in Duck, Duck Pizza isn’t bad.

I love NJ beaches but sometimes end up in OBX with friends/family because it’s much cheaper/easier to get a big house with a pool to share in Duck. It’s fine.

Well Bethany has a great little pizza shop that opened 2 years ago that does NY pizza just like in NY. We know because we go to NYC regularly and always get the pizza. The owners are from NY.

Sure...

Are you from NY/NJ? Can you really tell the difference?

Why don’t you ask my friends in NYC if the places we go are truly NY pizza. In fact, why don’t you ask the owners of the place who are from NY if they are lying about what they are advertising.

In fact, why don’t you go there and eat the pizza and then you can eat your comments along with it.

Sorry. Zero interest in going to Bethany. Isn’t it mostly condos?

Did they actually own a pizza place when they were in NY?

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Anonymous wrote:Duck is the closest but it does not compare to Stone Harbor or Avalon. There aren’t any good little pizza or sub shops in Duck like you get up north. Cravings is good but they get slammed every day so the wait is forever. There is one main road in Duck so the traffic is awful. It’s not grid streets like the Jersey shore. There’s no boardwalk to drive to and the charm is just not there IMO. It’s a lot of preppy Southerners wearing monogrammed clothes and Lilly Pulitzer stuff. I grew up in the northeast and I miss going to the Jersey shore so much. Better towns and people.

That is true for everywhere that isn’t NY/NJ/PA.

If you are in Duck, Duck Pizza isn’t bad.

I love NJ beaches but sometimes end up in OBX with friends/family because it’s much cheaper/easier to get a big house with a pool to share in Duck. It’s fine.

Well Bethany has a great little pizza shop that opened 2 years ago that does NY pizza just like in NY. We know because we go to NYC regularly and always get the pizza. The owners are from NY.

Sure...

Are you from NY/NJ? Can you really tell the difference?

Why don’t you ask my friends in NYC if the places we go are truly NY pizza. In fact, why don’t you ask the owners of the place who are from NY if they are lying about what they are advertising.

In fact, why don’t you go there and eat the pizza and then you can eat your comments along with it.

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Anonymous wrote:Duck is the closest but it does not compare to Stone Harbor or Avalon. There aren’t any good little pizza or sub shops in Duck like you get up north. Cravings is good but they get slammed every day so the wait is forever. There is one main road in Duck so the traffic is awful. It’s not grid streets like the Jersey shore. There’s no boardwalk to drive to and the charm is just not there IMO. It’s a lot of preppy Southerners wearing monogrammed clothes and Lilly Pulitzer stuff. I grew up in the northeast and I miss going to the Jersey shore so much. Better towns and people.

That is true for everywhere that isn’t NY/NJ/PA.

If you are in Duck, Duck Pizza isn’t bad.

I love NJ beaches but sometimes end up in OBX with friends/family because it’s much cheaper/easier to get a big house with a pool to share in Duck. It’s fine.

Well Bethany has a great little pizza shop that opened 2 years ago that does NY pizza just like in NY. We know because we go to NYC regularly and always get the pizza. The owners are from NY.

Sure...

Are you from NY/NJ? Can you really tell the difference?