The Atlantic City Boardwalk, viewed from the beach at night. Like Vegas, AC is probably at its best after the sun goes down. During the day, it looks rough, dirty, dilapidated. At night, it sparkles and dings. One lasting impression I'll retain from our trip was the near constant noise everywhere. In the casinos the slot machines are constantly blaring and dinging and beeping and whirring, even as the sound systems blare various musical choices (usually top 40-ish rock or dance, it seemed). On the boardwalk, every casino and many businesses in between had speakers blaring some music or another, many of them at insane volumes. The beach was somewhat quiet, the steady crashing of the waves a sort of natural lullaby to offset the casino cacophony.