Bit of a drive but Quebec City is an awesome weekend getaway.

If you want to stay in NJ:

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/all-of-it/segments/staycation-new-jersey-edition

My vote is Cape May...just got back.

The North Fork of Long Island.

How much would it cost?

Edit since I'm being downvoted: eminent domain means the owner is paid a fair value for the property.

I just want to know what that number is.

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Yes the sticker is legal.

My thoughts exactly

Cape Cod

Hershey or the Poconos

Finger Lakes region in upstate NY

Ocean City, MD

Williamsburg, VA (this might be outside your driving range but if you tack it on to Ocean City it works)

Kennet Square PA / longwood gardens. You can spend two days in the greenhouse alone.

I dunno, and I'm probably not the only one thinking it, but it kind of makes me want to hit them more.

I’m in central so I can go 1hr north or south

Yeah, with all of those (seemingly unsupervised?) toddlers riding around motorized animal go karts.

You make a good point

Lenox, MA and surrounding towns. They have art galleries, good restaurants, great thrift stores and antiquing, music and theatrical performances. If you go, stop in at the Lion's den on a night when they have live music, then you can go wander the halls of the hotel and look at all the collectibles that are sitting in the hallways

It might be worth the money. You'd get an insurance pay out from them and then a private suit. At least 50K from it all

I wish they would, the insurance and private suit would be a nice payout.

Boston.

This is going to be controversial, but the favorite place for my wife and I is a couple’s resort in the Pocono’s called Cove Pocono Resorts. Totally cheesy in a lot of ways but the rooms we get have their own indoor pool and (heart shaped) hot tub. We love it there and have gone three times to their Cove Haven and Pocono Palace locations. It’s worth doing at least once.

Shinhopple, NY. More specifically Peaceful Valley campground. The dude Arnie who owns the campground basically owns the town of Shinhopple, too. It's got 3 camping options: rent a cabin, or camp on one of two islands. It's got hot showers (for quarters) and clean bathrooms (including port-a-potties on the islands), an olympic-sized pool, hiking all over, plane rides (you pay for gas), and hosts music festivals a few times per year; they sell firewood during the day at their trading post, and there's a 24 hour gas station/convenience store down the road that also sells bundles of firewood if you get to PV too late. It's an absolute hidden gem that's in the middle of nowhere, almost-mid-state NY and is a few hours drive. Next door is the town of Downsville. The downtown area is awesome if you like booze, coffee, good food, and antiquing. Since it's in the middle of nowhere they have a lot of strange and interesting antiques; illegal taxidermy, knives/swords, paintings, vinyl, all sorts of weird almost black market stuff! You're in the middle of nowhere, it's mostly quiet, it was ranked #1 in trout fishing in America for so many years in a row (it's on the Delaware), got great tubing too, but 20-30 minutes in either direction down the 2-lane, super fun to drive on, highway you have the semblance of civilization. Downsville itself is a trip. But yeah, kind of droning on here. If you're looking for a nice quiet getaway that's not too far away and won't cost an arm & a leg then check that shit out

I see these and I wonder what happens if they hit me from behind are they still going to attempt to beat me up

I'm sure those kids will enjoy their trip to child services once their parent is arrested for a road rage incident over a fender bender.

Jim Thorpe PA

And stop at Watkins Glen along the way!

DC, northern Virginia or the Delaware beaches are awesome

Another vote for Newport, RI.