Do you live in a tourist area? I have lived in tourist areas for a large part of my life...in SO CA and now in AZ...Holiday weekends are a big deal. Everyone floods in with their boats and RVs... Traffic backs up and lines become longer all over town...There is a feeling of excitement in the air because everyone is on a mission to "party hardy" and have non-stop fun on the river or lakes...or in the casinos. I live close to Laughlin Nevada in the Desert Southwest. Have you ever been out this way?

I guess I do now. It wasn't always like this. I live in Arlington Texas. We have Six Flags, Hurricane harbor, The Texas Ranger Stadium and the new Dallas Cowboys Stadium. Plus Cowboys Dance Hall which is a big honky tonk.

I remember when the street that now circles the town was only a dirt road lol

I have a couple of times in So Cali and it was very annoying.. Of course we're tourists when we vacation as well...

Ya, I live in Puerto Vallarta Mex. Its a huge tourist city

Hey, I honeymooned there :-)
'Casa Carolina' almost in town..

Do you have rows and rows of chain hotels and restaurants in your area now? Have any "mom and pop" motels been able to survive?....The Laughlin casinos have towers of rooms and we have a few chains here. But older motels still have a shot at business when the casinos raise their rates sky-high for holiday weekends or special events...Thanks for posting.

we have some big chain Hotels. We still have the Motel 6 and such that are cheaper. We have lots of restaurants all over the city here.

All of that is in the north part of the city. I'm south.....but it's growing down here too, just not the tourist stuff. We are getting new houses built and all down here.

And to top it off....Arlington is in between Ft Worth and Dallas. Big tourist cities in their own right.

Ft Worth is more of country tourists. Dallas is more big city

I live in Eureka California. Home of the redwoods. and we still have a lot of mah and pah stores cabins and ins. Humboldt county is sarounded by bautafull mountains rivers and being a west coast city were right off of the pacific ocian. I love the landscape here.

Any of the beach cities here! Manhattan and Hermosa are the worst. Tourists can be such JERKS. At least Asians tend to be very polite but Eurotrash can be down right rude!

I just moved to Myrtle Beach. I'm pretty sure it's a tourist area, lol.

I do, it's what drives our economy with the Casino's, Hot August Nights, Blaoon and Air Races.

Not to mention im less then 20 mins from Lake Tahoe in one direction and 20 mins from Reno in the other.

I live in a tourist area now since my move a couple weeks ago and it's crazy with labor day right now...a gazillion tourists on the beach today and will be all weekend.

I actually dig the idea that peeps come spend a fortune to play in my backyard...and I get to live here.

I live between two small towns that are famous for civil war and revolutionary war history, 20 miles from Amish country, 10 miles from the Pro Football Hall of Fame and close to a big lake.. traffic is tremendous , especially in the warmer weather.. I have been to Laughlin 28 times...

I live in San Diego and it is a blast ! Recomend it if you have never seen it.

Yes I do.
Northern Michigan is beautiful, and our town is right on Lake Michigan. Many folks have summer homes here, they start showing up in June. The population really shoots up during Cherry Festival in the first week in July and stays up til Labor Day when everybody goes home. Lots of week-end tourists too. In the fall we have lots of 'leaf peepers' checking out the fall color, winter brings snowmobilers and skiers. Oh lets not forget the retired folks too who head for warmer climes around Nov. and return in the spring.

Some people complain about the:
Leaf Licking
Cone Sucking
Trunk slamming
Fudgies.

But its cool, I came here on vacation and to visit my brother who had moved here. I moved here a yr later.

If Pittsburgh isn't a tourist area, it should be!