I live on the East coast, so I enjoy going to the beach often.
I live on the East Coast as well.  The closest beach to me is Daytona Beach.  What's your favorite beach?
I enjoy The Delaware beanches, particularly Lewes and Bethany.  They are less crowded than Ocean City,
The main problem that Ocean City is so dense with people, is because of all the people that vacation there.
YEs, and because of that it has become overly commercialized as well.  Ocean City is fun for a day trip but I like to stay somewhere a little quieter.
Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, Maryland, officially the Town of Ocean City, is an Atlantic resort town in Worcester County, Maryland. Ocean City is a major beach resort area along the East Coast of the United States. The population was 7,102 at the 2010 U.S. Census, although during summer weekends the city hosts between 320,000 and 345,000 vacationers, and up to 8 million visitors annually. During the summer, Ocean City becomes the second most populated municipality in Maryland, after Baltimore. It is part of the Salisbury
Ocean Beach, Hawke's Bay
Ocean Beach is a long beach of golden sand in the Hastings District of the Hawke's Bay Region, on the east coast of New Zealand. It lies between Cape Kidnappers to the north, and Waimarama beach to the south. Ocean Beach has a small population, mainly of Māori ethnicity. Local Māori know it also as Waipuka. Visitors, mainly Hawke's Bay locals, enjoy it as a seaside recreational beach. Ocean Beach has few roads – only the road to it from Havelock