Tourons on getting on my last nerve.

[Dees]

Anyone else live in a tourist area? Here on the Eastern Shore of Maryland it's just the worst. Why do vacationers leave their brains and good sense at home. "I'm, by God, on vacation and I'll act like a complete shit head if I want". I realize we're all tourists at some time but I'll be damned if I ever acted like a complete rube. My wife dragged me here to live kicking and screaming the whole way(she's from MD). I'm a mid westerner. Ocean City would be the last place I would choose to vacation.

[Desertrose]

1. ooohh....I live in a highly infested touron area

...they are so busy looking at the red rocks...they forget how to drive ( if they ever eally knew....no matter that other people are trying to drive the same roads & streets.

Hey...you...don't worry...thats only a 100' drop on MY side of the road...who needs guardrails anyway??
:crazy:

DR

[zbdent]

2. What are tourists? I live in Cleveland

Whenever I go on vacation, I hear - "Look at the tourist!" but I don't see him.

(for those that don't get my sense of humor, how many people do you know that think of Cleveland when they think of a vacation destination?)

[realisticphish]

4. Hey now

you got the R&R Hall of Fame! Kick ass!

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[zbdent]

5. Yes, but try to get the actual induction ceremonies to be held

at the actual rock and roll hall of fame.

No can do.

[realisticphish]

6. really?

where are they held?


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[zbdent]

8. New York.

They don't want to be bothered coming to Cleveland.

I believe that the ceremony is close-circuited to the RNRHOF, though.

[realisticphish]

9. that sucks

I live about 2.5 hours south of Cleveland, and I had always wanted to come up for an induction..that fucking sucks


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[geniph]

13. You can always drive over to Sandusky to see tourists

lots of 'em at Cedar Point (paradise to us coaster junkies).

[VolcanoJen]

14. Exactly. I'm in Cincinnati.... what's a tourist?

:D

[Unperson 309]

3. Can't Remember When I DIDN'T Live In A Touron Area!

I've lived in LA, Hollywood, San Francisco, Albuquerque, Houston...

We were *always* dealing with 'em! Hollywood was the worst. We lived one block off Hollywood Blvd and Highland ave. We could SEE Mann's Chinese Theatre out of our window. AI-yi-YI! Parking? Whazzat? And becuse our apartment was in a biulding that had been built in 1929 and had been a place where several famous stars had lived before becoming famous (the building was built as housing by a studio) not only did we deal with tourons when we went shopping and stuff, but we had TOUR BUSES crusing by our windows with passengers peering inside!

I drove the bus guides *crazy* by alternately putting up a poster of the star who had lived in my apartment and by walking around the place stark naked! The poor bastards *never* knew which was coming up as they drove by.

I was young and stupid.

309

[MuseRider]

7. I can't imagine!

I can't even stand the thought of living near a busy street! I guess that I why I live in touristy Kansas. BYW, slow down people. Kansas can be kind of pretty. 120mph isn't allowed just cause you are bored.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

10. DC resident here

They're all over: on the Metro, on the roads, in the restaurants.

:scared:

[Madrone]

11. Why do they call it "tourist season" if you can't shoot them?

Ha - a coworker has that as a bumper sticker. Seriously - I live where they filmed Northern Exposure. I also live in an interesting house - I get a lot of crawling drivebys by people with mouth agape.

Some pics of where I live:

[Blayde Starrfyre]

12. Hey, if you don't like the tourists . . .

Why don't you give back the money they pump into your economy?

The real problem isn't tourists in Seattle, it's all the damned Californians who move into the suburbs and ruin our traffic.