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Oh, I see, "they" was just about tourists in general, not specific to shoppers at that store. As a west coaster visiting New England for the first time this pa

by rconti 9y ago

Oh, I see, "they" was just about tourists in general, not specific to shoppers at that store. As a west coaster visiting New England for the first time this past summer, it really stuck me how serious the crush of tourists must be for places like small town Maine (made it as far up the coast as Acadia NP). The overwhelming number of shops, of american flags, of lobster rolls, of store advertising Yeti coolers for sale.. it was just 10x what we see in small towns in the west. No matter where you go, of course, tourist town folk make fun of tourists but I think the crush must be much worse up your way, where small town life here, even for those of us who live in heavily populated areas, isn't quite as novel. It makes sense, though, given the massive population of the east coast. I remember once being angry about how everything is always advertised eastern-time-centric, and pulled up a map to try to make the argument that not THAT many people live in the Eastern time zone, but then realized it's almost 50% of the entire country... http://kurtostergaard.com/us-population-by-time-zone/ http://kurtostergaard.com/us-population-by-time-zone/

KGIII 9y ago
Yeah, I was responding to someone who'd know which they I meant. My bad. I live outside of the tourist area, I'm really remote. But, the village is a tourist area. They go from 1200 to 12000 people at times. There are camps and parks to accommodate them, hotels, and things like that. They have municipal services, which I do not have. Also, that's the nearest village for me. It's the only group of people for miles. I suspect a dollar store would do well, actually.
abkfenris 9y ago
For a sense of scale, roughly 5,000 live on my peninsula between the towns. The summer populations is probably about 10x that plus any weekend visitors. It makes it really hard for restaurants to stay open during the off season, and even the Hannaford's market can't be sized right. It's a bit big for the population right now, but it feels like Black Friday on weekends during the summer. The towns have been working to bring more off season events to even things out, but most aren't working (the one notable exception brought in 160,000ish customers in it's second 6 week run).

by rconti 9y ago

KGIII 9y ago

Yeah, I was responding to someone who'd know which they I meant. My bad. I live outside of the tourist area, I'm really remote. But, the village is a tourist area. They go from 1200 to 12000 people at times. There are camps and parks to accommodate them, hotels, and things like that. They have municipal services, which I do not have. Also, that's the nearest village for me. It's the only group of people for miles. I suspect a dollar store would do well, actually.

abkfenris 9y ago

For a sense of scale, roughly 5,000 live on my peninsula between the towns. The summer populations is probably about 10x that plus any weekend visitors. It makes it really hard for restaurants to stay open during the off season, and even the Hannaford's market can't be sized right. It's a bit big for the population right now, but it feels like Black Friday on weekends during the summer. The towns have been working to bring more off season events to even things out, but most aren't working (the one notable exception brought in 160,000ish customers in it's second 6 week run).