Rooms for rent around Atlantic City, NJ

Atlantic City is a city on the East coast of the United States, in New Jersey. This is a famous coastal resort and entertainment center. Atlantic City is the second most popular center of the gambling industry after Las Vegas. The city's population in 2013 was 39,500 people. The population of the metropolitan area exceeds a quarter of a million people. Atlantic city lies on a sandy barrier Absecon Island, stretching along the mainland is 8.1 miles away. The city was founded in 1854. Construction in the mid-19th century of direct rail links to the island made Atlantic city an easily accessible place to visit. Already in 1874, about half a million people came to Atlantic city by rail. Originally, the resort served mostly a simple working public from nearby Philadelphia, which is only 90 km to the Northwest. The proximity to the densely populated areas of the North-East of the United States, the mild climate, and the correct positioning led to the fact that Atlantic city quickly turned into a Kingdom of dreams, built on sand. Interesting fact about the city: For many years in the American version of the popular board game-Monopoly, the action took place with the objects located in Atlantic City.