[tanknetter]

Yes, and somehow bringing the battleship (which serves as a Philadelphia tourist attraction) was going to fix it.

That's because most people visiting the USS New Jersey are smart enough to either quickly drive through Camden to get there (and get out of there), or take the water taxi from across the river in Philly.

Same thing is true with visiting the USS Hornet in Alameda.

[kearnyirish2]

It is much easier to visit the New Jersey (and the adjacent aquarium, which isn’t very good) from Philadelphia. I was in Philly for a conference, and one of the main tours available was for the New Jersey.

You don’t see as much of the post-apocalyptic moonscape from Philly as you do coming in from other NJ locations.