I grew up in Annapolis, and we referred to everything over the Bay Bridge as the “Eastern Shore.” But, if we were talking about Ocean City, we called it by name, or said we were going to the beach. Just my $.02.
And manhattan? 647 is right…it’s “You goin’ downy ocean, hon?” asked my my LOVELY relatives in Dundoik, near Balmer. sigh
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