Real life BSC locations

[catfactory]

I'm almost positive this has been discussed before (either here on on the proboards) but I can't find it anywhere

Comments

[schexyschteve]

i think Sea City is just based on the general Jersey shore, iirc from the biography. I can't remember if it's a specific community or not.

[thepastperfect]

Bingo! From the biography: "Baby-sitters Club fans may be wondering why Avalon and Wildwood sound so familiar. It’s because Ann used those towns and another, Surf City, as a model for Sea City, where Mallory’s family goes for their summer vacation. She combined aspects of all three towns." (chapter 9)

Geography-wise, Surf City is probably the one that best fits the description of having an ocean side and a bay side. The peninsula is a little long to be a dog's tail, though.

[cassandraclue]

Yeah, Sea City always sounded to me like it was a separate peninsula and not the long one with lots of beach towns.

[thepastperfect]

From the physical description (though obviously, not the culture of Sea City), I always thought it sounded a little like Cape Cod. That's a shorter peninsula and it really does curl up. I never spent much time at the Jersey shore -- my family usually went south to Virginia Beach.

[rational_twists]

I wish I had Abby's Book because I always wondered where specifically on Long Island she was from. When I read it a few years ago, there was a map of sorts in it and based off of that, I concluded that she was probably from the Plainview area. I need to see it again though to see if I still think that.