Ocean City Vs Outer Banks

Ocean City and the Outer Banks are two vacation spots that many people enjoy for different reasons. Both beaches draw in thousands of tourists to their shores every year. However, instead of calling it the Outer Banks, some may call it "the graveyard of the Atlantic." Writer Anne Siddons states, "On the Outer Banks of North Carolina there is a legend about the ships that have come to grief in the great autumn storms off those hungry shoals. Over the centuries there have been many; the Banks have more than earned their reputation as the Graveyard of the Atlantic." (Siddons, 1). Ocean City does not have another name and is not historically known for anything as ominous.
The Outer Banks and Ocean City are both located on the East Coast, but in