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Each go to ought to embrace “fresh-off-the-boat seafood,” wrote CNN.

Good Harbor Seaside in Gloucester. Craig F. Walker/Globe Employees

A small Cape Ann metropolis leaves a giant impression on vacationers, in response to CNN.

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CNN launched a listing of 15 of America’s finest small cities and cities on Friday and included Gloucester. The locations on the record have lower than 50,000 individuals.

“The overwhelming majority of People might dwell in large cities (greater than 70%, in response to the 2020 census), however there’s an everlasting affection for small cities and cities,” wrote CNN. “A whole lot of that nostalgia is stoked by standard tradition.”

Right here’s what CNN wrote about Gloucester, which has a inhabitants of 30,000:

Based shortly after the primary Pilgrims stepped onto Plymouth Rock, this bustling seaport on Cape Ann is famed in fashionable instances as the house base for the “Depraved Tuna” fleet and setting of many movies together with “The Good Storm.”

Each go to to Gloucester ought to embrace fresh-off-the-boat seafood, a cease to discover the Rocky Neck artwork colony and a promenade alongside the Western Harbor all the way in which out to Stage Fort Park. Between whale watching and schooner excursions, there are many methods to get out on the water.

— CNN

Vacationers on the lookout for a spot to remain in Gloucester ought to try Beauport Resort or Harborview Inn, CNN famous.

Final month, USA Right this moment readers named Good Harbor Seaside in Gloucester among the many 10 finest seashores within the Northeast.

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