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Every street name in Monopoly is based around a real place in and around Atlantic City.
I’m officially so bored during COVID that playing Monopoly is no longer good enough.
So I went around the board in real life, starting with Mediterranean.
A thread....
Every street name in Monopoly is based around a real place in and around Atlantic City.
I’m officially so bored during COVID that playing Monopoly is no longer good enough.
So I went around the board in real life, starting with Mediterranean.
A thread....
Forgive me if some of the videos are not A+ quality. Atlantic City is super dangerous, so I stayed in the car for most.
If you ever wondered who would’ve built on Baltic, I was J. Crew and T-Mobile.
If you ever wondered who would’ve built on Baltic, I was J. Crew and T-Mobile.
Ocean Resort Casino chose to build off Oriental Avenue, which is a short street that runs parallel to the ocean (about a block in) in a little corner of the city.
Vermont is literally right around the corner. Its centerpiece is a deactivated lighthouse that was once the largest in NJ.
It’s called the Absecon Light (Atlantic City if on Absecon Island.)
It’s called the Absecon Light (Atlantic City if on Absecon Island.)
Connecticut Avenue runs perpendicular to Oriental, toward both Ocean Casino and the actual ocean.
Ton of cops. Video is short so I wouldn’t get a ticket.
Ton of cops. Video is short so I wouldn’t get a ticket.
St. Charles Place is the only street that no longer exists. The Showboat (a Mardi Gras themed casino) was built over the top of St. Charles in the 1980s.
Only one block of States Avenue remains. It’s in the back of the Showboat, which was built over the rest of it.
Virginia Avenue is the home of the Hard Rock, a structure that was first the Taj Mahal when it was built by a guy that failed MULTIPLE times in the casino business.
This is what it used to look like. I remember puking on the carpet of the Rainforest Cafe there during the 1996 World Cup of Hockey. I was 9.
St. James is statistically the most likely street you’ll land on. It must be the Irish Pub and building artwork that lured everyone in.
Tennessee Avenue is only separated from St. James by an empty lot.
To compete with St. James’ Irish pub, Tennessee Ave has a beer hall.
And a church.
To compete with St. James’ Irish pub, Tennessee Ave has a beer hall.
And a church.
Rent on New York Ave is 16 bucks. Which is 16 times more than everything now sold at its dollar store,
Kentucky Ave was home to a hotel called The Madison Hotel that dates back to the Boardwalk Empire era and Prohibition.
It’s been vacant since it closed in 2006.
It’s been vacant since it closed in 2006.
10/10 this place is haunted 
Indiana Ave gets the backside of the Madison and Bally’s but gets the claim to neither.
Illinois Avenue has be renamed MLK Boulevard.
Atlantic Avenue is a major road that runs parallel to the ocean. Pacific Ave does the same, with Atlantic one block farther from the ocean than Pacific.
Atlantic runs by Caesars and exits the city.
Atlantic runs by Caesars and exits the city.
While AC is a dump, the houses get real nice on Atlantic as you exit south.
Ventnor Ave is one of two Monopoly streets not located in Atlantic City.
It’s a busy suburban street, but definitely middle class and residential.
It’s a busy suburban street, but definitely middle class and residential.
The other Monopoly street not in Atlantic City is Marvin Gardens, which isn’t a street at all, but rather a quaint little housing community of cute old houses.
Without question, if I had to build a house to live in real life, I’d choose Marvin Gardens,
Without question, if I had to build a house to live in real life, I’d choose Marvin Gardens,
Fun Fact is it’s actually Marven Gardens, not Marvin Gardens like in the game.
They made a mistake making the game.
It’s 15 minutes south of the casinos in the city.
They made a mistake making the game.
It’s 15 minutes south of the casinos in the city.
But as I said, very nice. It almost seems fake, like a fake set of streets in Disney.
Pacific Avenue runs parallel to the ocean, on the backside of all buildings on the boardwalk.
Between casinos, liquor stores, strip clubs and people openly dealing drugs on street corners, it’s essentially Sodom by the Sea.
Between casinos, liquor stores, strip clubs and people openly dealing drugs on street corners, it’s essentially Sodom by the Sea.
Sodom. By. The. Sea.
But given the space covered and variety of businesses, this is one of two Monopoly Streets where I’d invest in real life.
North Carolina Ave gets you Resorts Casino.
Fun Fact: @worbyrob and I once had to get a police escort to our car here to protect us from a maniac.
Fun Fact: @worbyrob and I once had to get a police escort to our car here to protect us from a maniac.
Owning Pennsylvania gets you the backside of Resorts. AKA: nothing
The reason Park Place is so valuable is because it has Bally’s.
And yes there is an actual park on Park Place.
And last but not least is the boardwalk.
4 miles of beachfront property with all the casinos, restaurants, the Steel Pier and Boardwalk Hall, which you can see here.
This has been the site of many of Mike Tyson’s top fights, two Wrestlemanias and pro hockey games.
4 miles of beachfront property with all the casinos, restaurants, the Steel Pier and Boardwalk Hall, which you can see here.
This has been the site of many of Mike Tyson’s top fights, two Wrestlemanias and pro hockey games.
The boardwalk stretches way beyond the Atlantic City limits, including many beach front houses.
I venture to say you’ll need more than the $200 you get to pass to to pay for one.
I venture to say you’ll need more than the $200 you get to pass to to pay for one.
