No. 1 Most Fun, Affordable City: Ocean City, Md. 21842
Population: 10,246
Median home price: $243,600
Ocean City, Maryland’s popular waterfront vacation destination, offers such boardwalk fare as pizza and burgers as well as more formal dining, including seafood and steak. Pubs and nightclubs line the boardwalk, described as "three miles of pure entertainment" on the city’s website. Photographer: Dennis Brack/Newscom































