I think it's really a preference thing....
I have only been to the Cape once and that was during the off season so I can't say to much about it...EXCEPT for the FOOD...OMG I could have grown about 10 sizes eating all that lobster!
I was in NY during last summer and it was way to cold for me!!..I was in the pool at the inn and it was around 80 degrees out and I was freezing. Some of the others around the pool with their cell phones were saying they were about to die due to the heat!
I lived in Winston-Salem for several years...and Outer Banks is OK to me...and don't recall the jelly fish issue either. You will be happy if heat is no issue and I believe the rentals might be easier to come by and maybe cheaper. Also, the drive down might be relaxing with some pretty sites.
Again I think it is a preference thing bc if I had the choice I would go to Pensacola Beach in a heart beat..even with all the hurricane damage..nothing like that whiter then white sand and bluer then blue water....
**BTW...what's up w/ this sponsor business in between some of the post...has that always been there and I haven't noticed it or is that new?