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Posted: 8/24/2019 9:34:37 AM EDT

[#1]

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Supposedly 35,000 people a day come through our town in the summer. And our population is 8-15k depending on how you look at it.

Posted: 8/24/2019 9:37:05 AM EDT

[#2]

@Snake_driver

Still have your old thread in my subscriptions and read it once in a while.

Prollyshould see if it will bump. Thanks.

Posted: 8/24/2019 9:37:39 AM EDT

[#3]

Only if you consider "Jihad Jane's" old house an attraction

Posted: 8/24/2019 9:38:52 AM EDT

[#4]

Dawsonville GA checking in.

"Awesome Bill from Dawsonville"

Posted: 8/24/2019 9:40:24 AM EDT

[#5]

Grew up in Frankenmuth, MI, the amount of people that come here to get shitty chicken and look at christmas stuff is astounding. Moved 30 miles north a few years ago, to another touristy town

Posted: 8/24/2019 9:41:57 AM EDT

[#6]

15-20 mins from Washington DC, so yeah

Posted: 8/24/2019 9:48:26 AM EDT

[#7]

I suppose...

Revolutionary and Civil War area
George Washington's Surveyor's Office (Winchester)
Apple capitol of the world (Apple Blossom Festival)
Skyline Drive and SN Park (Front Royal)

Gateway to Shenandoah Valley and Blue Ridge mountains

Posted: 8/24/2019 9:48:57 AM EDT

[#8]

Oh, fuck.

Where I grew up, and work.

Population will double on some weekends.

The bad part is how many decided to move here.

Where I live. there is nothing here for anyone to see, it's awesome.

Posted: 8/24/2019 9:50:25 AM EDT

[#9]

Daytona Beach, so, yes?

Posted: 8/24/2019 11:33:24 AM EDT

[#10]

No, Thank the Lord....

But Milwaukee (The city of festivals) is on one end of our street about 20 miles.
And Lake Geneva is 12 miles the other end of the street.

It is there if we want it.

Posted: 8/24/2019 3:06:55 PM EDT

[#11]

Yeah. For factory outlet shopping.

The Nike Clearance store (not to be confused with Nike Factory store) is the anchor retailer of about 30 stores.
When closing the tills at the end of the day, the cash is weighed to count it.
Labor Day weekend is the biggest draw. Back to school shoppers.
They will do about $110K a day. Friday-Monday

Posted: 8/24/2019 3:19:46 PM EDT

[#12]

There are specific events at the state fair grounds that draw people into the town.

Other than those events, there is nothing to draw in tourists.

Posted: 8/24/2019 3:44:15 PM EDT

[#13]

yep,

History
Beaches
Warm Weather
Good Food
Bad out of state drivers everywhere

Charleston, SC

Posted: 8/24/2019 3:57:02 PM EDT

[#14]

Yes, New Braunfels, Texas

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:07:11 PM EDT

[#15]

lol

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:07:28 PM EDT

[#16]

Yes

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:31:28 PM EDT

[#17]

I've lived in some major tourist traps over the years like Keystone, SD, McCall, ID, and Seaside, OR.

Keystone (I ran that hotel up on the hill for a year). They get about 3 million visitors a year to see Mt Rushmore about a mile away.

McCall, ID (spent about 6 years living there) I worked at the Foresters Club and some other places.

Seaside, OR

IMHO, a 'tourist destination' has about 75% of it's businesses designed to separate a tourist from his money.

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:37:45 PM EDT

[#18]

Yes.

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:40:24 PM EDT

[#19]

It's not a city or town but a village. It doesn't have the numbers to be a town.

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:41:33 PM EDT

[#20]

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Charleston so quite a bit. A lot of them liked it so much they decided to stay.

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I like Charleston but I've also seen the pictures of Hurricane Andrew pounding the Battery. No thanks.

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:43:54 PM EDT

[#21]

Yup. From Labor Day to Halloween we are overrun with apple pickers, pumpkin pickers, leaf peepers, mountain bikers, rock climbers, hikers, antiques and wine aficionados.......all from NYC.

“Yo, look at deez fuckin apples ova der! Dem apples is fuckin huge!”

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:48:20 PM EDT

[#22]

Nope. Thankfully, we moved out of Miami a long time ago.

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:52:18 PM EDT

[#23]

My county is a tourist destination. I live in the country.

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:54:38 PM EDT

[#24]

Oh yeah! Not even really seasonal anymore. All the beer, bohemians, and buskers you can selfie with and a big fuckin house!

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:55:34 PM EDT

[#25]

In the mountains, the economy is tourism and/or mining and/or ranching.

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:58:15 PM EDT

[#26]

West Milwaukee, DNC will be in Milwaukee next year, but not a bad town, not a tourist destination at all.

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:58:20 PM EDT

[#27]

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Yes. Fort Worth has the Stockyards and cowboy museum stuff. People come here for that stuff.

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I used to have a gun store just down from the stockyards by 35. I was amazed at the number of Asian tourists who wanted to shoot. I thought they were lost from Dallas for a while.

Posted: 8/24/2019 4:59:54 PM EDT

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I live in San Diego. So, yes. It's a tourist destination. When people are bored of Disneyland they head down here.

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try driving Harbor on any day, or even Park, not to mention anywhere near plaza de panama So glad I'm usually on a small motorcycle, much easier to cut through.

Posted: 8/24/2019 5:02:50 PM EDT

[#29]

Nope, nearest town, recently officially disorganized, has about 15 people. It does have a post office.

Posted: 8/24/2019 5:09:21 PM EDT

[#30]

VA Beach, yes Suffolk not so much.

Posted: 8/24/2019 5:21:32 PM EDT

[#31]

My whole state is.

Posted: 8/24/2019 5:22:32 PM EDT

[#32]

Yes.

Posted: 8/24/2019 5:23:40 PM EDT

[#33]

Lots of people come here to die (The Villages) but not really tourism.

Posted: 8/24/2019 5:24:00 PM EDT

[#34]

no.

The only reason to stop here if you dont live here is to get gas and get back on the highway.

Posted: 8/24/2019 5:56:42 PM EDT

[#35]

Very much so

Posted: 8/25/2019 2:38:06 AM EDT

[#36]

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I've lived in some major tourist traps over the years like Keystone, SD, McCall, ID, and Seaside, OR.

Keystone (I ran that hotel up on the hill for a year). They get about 3 million visitors a year to see Mt Rushmore about a mile away.
https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/rapidcityjournal.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/8/8e/88ebc96e-553d-5a0e-8fc0-1b14b7cd9e3c/59029d7d31722.image.jpg?resize=1200%2C736

McCall, ID (spent about 6 years living there) I worked at the Foresters Club and some other places.
https://localfreshies.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/McCall-Showcase-1.jpg

Seaside, OR
https://coastexplorermagazine.com/images/editorials/SVG12_OnTheTown.jpg
https://www.seasideor.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/07.2017_Seaside_web_Volleyball.jpg
IMHO, a 'tourist destination' has about 75% of it's businesses designed to separate a tourist from his money.

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Amsterdam, I now hate that place

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