knew where we really were. we were almost home. i took a walk through this beautiful world felt the cool rain on my shoulder found something good in this beautiful world i felt the rain getting colder sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la, la sha, la, la, la, la anthony: oh, enchanted land of my childhood. a cultural petri-dish, from which regularly issues forth greatness. new jersey, in case you didn t know it, has got beaches, beautiful beaches, and they re not all crawling with roid-raging trolls with reality shows. i grew up summering on those beaches, and they are awesome. jersey s got farmland. beautiful bedroom communities where that woman from real housewives who looks like doctor zaius does not live, nor anyone like her. even the refineries. the endless clover leaves of turnpikes and expressways twisting in unknowable patterns over the wetlands are, to me, somehow, beautiful. to know jersey is to lov
years to come. anthony: vast new xanadus would be constructed and would-be kublai khan s rushed to atlantic city, eager to tap into what was assured to be a never-ending gusher of prosperity. casino gambling. when casino gambling was sold to the state of new jersey, to atlantic city, as the cure all, it was going to bring it back to its glory days. did that ever happen? brian: i mean, you drove around today, did you think this place is better than it was then? do you think, do you think it helped? anthony: no, i don t. new jersey native brian donahue is a reporter with 20 years experience focusing on south jersey. dock s oyster house, an establishment that survived prohibition, the great depression, two world wars, numerous declines and rebirths, still here, still great, a symbol of what atlantic city was and should be again, could be again. brian: to bring a city back after its decline is a really complicated, hard, process and they wanted easy answers and
anthony: the names of atlantic city s streets were imprinted on generations of americans who grew up playing monopoly. drive down ventnor avenue today, and you see history. the ebb and flow of america s hopes and dreams played out in the buildings and homes you see as you pass by. magnificent mansions mixed in with inexpensive two-family houses, cheap take out, the footprints of a lost world. the riviera of the northeast, still there if you look between. with jet travel in miami and an expanded highway system, things declined, as they do, but a few visionary geniuses presented a solution. a cure that would overnight make everybody well. make atlantic city shiny and new and prosperous again. men like donald trump. donald: i think it s going to be really very beneficial to everybody. we look forward to operating the taj mahal successfully for many years to come. anthony: vast new xanadus would be constructed and would-be kublai khan s rushed to atlantic city, eager to tap into
anthony: vast new xanadus would be constructed and would-be kublai khan s rushed to atlantic city, eager to tap into what was assured to be a never-ending gusher of prosperity. casino gambling. when casino gambling was sold to the state of new jersey, to atlantic city, as the cure all, it was going to bring it back to its glory days. did that ever happen? brian: i mean, you drove around today, did you think this place is better than it was then? do you think, do you think it helped? anthony: no, i don t. new jersey native brian donahue is a reporter with 20 years experience focusing on south jersey. dock s oyster house, an establishment that survived prohibition, the great depression, two world wars, numerous declines and rebirths, still here, still great, a symbol of what atlantic city was and should be again, could be again. brian: to bring a city back after its decline is a really complicated, hard, process and they wanted easy answers and
we look forward to operating the taj mahal successfully for many years to come. anthony: vast new xanadus would be constructed and would-be kublai khan s rushed to atlantic city, eager to tap into what was assured to be a never-ending gusher of prosperity. casino gambling. when casino gambling was sold to the state of new jersey, to atlantic city, as the cure all, it was going to bring it back to its glory days. did that ever happen? brian: i mean, you drove around today, did you think this place is better than it was then? do you think, do you think it helped? anthony: no, i don t. new jersey native brian donahue is a reporter with 20 years experience focusing on south jersey. dock s oyster house, an establishment that survived prohibition, the great depression, two world wars, numerous declines and rebirths, still here, still great, a symbol of what atlantic city was and should be again, could be again. brian: to bring a city back after its decline is a really