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In 1984, I spent 3 months there working on the Boardwalk at the entrance to one of the piers working at the Spot Game (you have to cover up the red dot with discs. I was 17 and it was my first experience working on my own in a new city (I was born and raised in Canada / Montreal). I made a bucket load of cash and had an amazing summer hustling the tourists. The game (as well as all the others) are pretty much a scam and we maybe gave out 2 big stuffed animals all summer amongst the tens of thousands of players. It was a cash cow. I had never met anyone from Philadelphia and those people stood out the most to me amongst all the people I met. They seemed to be from another country compared to other Americans (especially those from South Philly that I met). All in all a great summer.
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