What's there to do in Camden, New Jersey?

I have to spend next Wednesday there.

Seriously.

:rofl: I guess great minds think alike!

sounds appropriate?

http://www.ci.camden.nj.us/attractions/main.html

I'd go for the Walt Whitman house myself... :hi:

the battleship New Jersey.

Have some soup (Campbell's) and listen to an RCA record.

Redstone

http://www.ridepatco.org/index.asp

from downtown Camden :rofl: , you're in Center City Philly, perhaps the country's most underrated city, in ten minutes for, ahem, a buck fifteen. And it runs all night. Go for it!

"Wednesday in Camden" sounds like the title of a minor William Carlos Williams poem.

that's kind of lame on many levels. Last time I was there some of the fish were sick, but there was still fun stuff to watch and do. The weather will probably suck too much to have the overpriced hot dog outside with the neat view of Philadelphia.

Anyway, Camden is one of the few places on the planet that I've been to that I would seriously suggest we build a wall around and then destroy-- it looked far beyond hope last time I was there.

The city might be better now, but the aquarium is still the only interesting thing I can think of for a few hours.

(Could buy some crack from the ex-mayor if he's out of the slam yet...)

1. smoke crack

2. smoke meth

3. go to walmart

There's a poignant, even affectionate essay on Camden by Lauren Grodstein. The rest of the book is equally good.

See link for details.

http://www.simonsays.com/content/book.cfm?tab=1&pid=518689

Tony Soprano lived in northern New Jersey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sopranos#Sets_and_locations

http://gonyc.about.com/cs/sightseeingtours/a/thesopranos.htm

If someone asked for things to do in Cincinnati, I wouldn't propose seeing the sights of, say, Columbus or Cleveland.

It doesn't look like a very far trip to where the Soprano's was filmed. By the way, I think New Jersey is a great place. Lot's of good looking broads there.

I'm just saying.

especially the poor judgement that there is no difference between North & South Jersey.

Philly is a much scarier place:)...................

But compare Philly to Camdem

:scared:

Philly is a much safer place

But that wasn't my comment

Go tell someone from North Jersey there is no difference between and South Jersey (or vice versa) and that's not gonna be a pretty site

:scared:

There are many nice areas of Philly. Some touristy, some not. I can't really say that about Camden. Unless burnt out row houses are your idea of nice. The Catholic church was doing a lot to reclaim some of the rotting carcasses of buildings there and move needy families into them, but I doubt that program has had that much of an impact.

I just found the city to be a scary place. It's the only city where I wouldn't wear a Celtics or Bruins jacket. I have visited some of the sights in Philly. Great place.

Do I care about north and south Jersey? No.

Then catch sight of a bridge and pay the $3 to escape from fucking Jersey and come to Philly, where there's actual culture.

:rofl:

Good one:)..........

AWESOME tour - I checked it out when I was TDY to Philly - we crossed the river to Camden to see it

http://www.battleshipnewjersey.org/

http://www.bb62museum.org/whereto.html

I'd love to see the New Jersey. I didn't know that any of the WW2 battleships were still around.

your out of there before dark....


:scared: :scared:

lost

Seriously, if despair has a smell, it smells like Camden. Which is sad because my parents talked about it as an idyllic place when they were growing up in the 40's and 50's. I was born in Cooper Hospital there as well. But thank God we left, and I have no more relatives living there to visit. Seriously, aquarium, shipyards, and get out.

Funny story about Camden. When I was getting my MSW, during one class the professor handed out various articles he wanted us to read. One of the articles was a comparison between two cities very close to each other that are economically polar opposites. CAmden and its neighbor Cherry Hill. It got even better when the author(s) was interviewing people I knew back there. And then it got sad seeing how far ingrained the blight is.

http://www.clementonpark.com/

Sure, it's closed for the season, but you can at least look at it longingly.

and grab a baseball bat

and run like hell whenever you have to leave your car.

Oh and don't slow down anywhere, not even for stop signs or red lights

:silly:

Seriously!

I would get the hotel over in Philly - much more to do over there.

Or come on down to Wilmington DE and have dinner with me!

water front such as Aquarium, minor league baseball, concerts at the tweeter center, battleship NJ. I'm not sure how much of it is going on in the winter. There's a train (PATCO) that goes into center city philly, easy to do. (There's also a path for walking/biking across the Ben Franklin Bridge). Going east on PATCO there's a few nice little towns such as Collingswood (where I live) and Haddonfield that are good for walking, shopping (sorta) , coffee , restaurants etc. PM me if you wish. have fun.