I noticed that as one travels away from AC, the properties look nicer. We were staying in Ocean City and also drove to friends in Sea Isle (lovely place).
I happen to be in Sullivan County right now. Just looked at the local paper (Times Herald Record) and didn't see any mention of the casino news.
The nicest place near Monticello is on the former site of Woodstock - Bethel Woods Performing Arts Center. Lovely venue. (Although the one concert I heard there had irregular sound quality.) To get there, one must pass the Monticello Raceway. Traffic was really backed up to get to the show - and that was without a major casino.
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