I love where I live but it is year-round tourist central, there are no quiet days and everything is always crowded with people who generally haven't got a clue. It's alright during the year as I'm holed up in the office anyways but the next two months are going to be ten times worse, no matter if it's shops or musea or parks, everything is chock-full of tourists.
How do I enjoy my otherwise great city or do I move to outer-Mongolia?
2007-06-26 05:07:43 · 14 answers · asked by Elle Dee 3 in Travel ➔ Travel (General) ➔ Other - Destinations
I live in Wimbledon, which at the moment is understandably packed with tennis crazies.. I also have to work right in the hub of the centre where everyone arrives at and departs from there.
What do I do?
Thankfully I work shifts so this week I have done my breakfast and lunch shopping very early before the crowds arrive.... next week I am on lates and have not yet devised a plan of attack for going about my daily stuff....
I so far have managed to avoid too much pressure, although next week I shall definitely be cycling rather than getting a tram or local bus into work!!!
Luckily like the Wombles I do actually work underground so the tourist/tennis people aren't in our faces all the time.
I do feel sorry for you being surrounded by it all the time though, am lucky that this is just 2 weeks a year and that tourism wasn't as bad as it could have been where I used to live on the South Coast.
Tourists in London are quite often the worst I've seen so far :-P especially if you're going over the Hungerford bridge to the train station to get your train home after what SHOULD have been a relaxing day out... and don't get me started on the street vendors who think that EVERYONE who walks by is a gullible fool :-P
2007-06-26 05:17:09 · answer #1 · answered by ♦Engelsk•Jente♦ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i live in a summer hotspot and find the only way to deal with it is to join in the party!!!!
2007-06-26 05:11:18 · answer #2 · answered by bornred 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I was born in Prague and lived there until I moved in the other town at age of 14.I used to live right in the centre of Prague which is full of tourists all the time!!!!one my doctor was situated out of centre and I had to across famous Charles bridge to get there...early in the morning,it was empty but on way back,it took nearly 30 mins instead of 10 mins...and New Year's Eve on Old Town Square?Bloody hell!!!!!I could not enjoy it at all.......now I'd like to move back as my curent town seems so boring!!!
2007-06-26 10:27:23 · answer #3 · answered by **Diana** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i does get annoying like when you cant move more than ten steps without being asked for directions but it be rite id hate to live in a place thats a bigger tourist attraction like blackpool i feel sorry for those guys.xx
2007-06-26 05:23:29 · answer #4 · answered by deliciousde 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Its all about timing. The best time of day to do anything in a tourist saturated area is early in the morning before the lazy bums wake up from their fun filled night of hogging up your city, lol. Go to the restaurants that they don't go to and as well as anything else that they are unaware of as tourists.Toursits drive me insane with their lousy driving and jumping out into crossesctions without bothering to read the NO CROSSING signs. Good luck. I've been threatening to go to where the tourists live and act like a self absorbed, obnoxious butthead in their town. Hmmmmm I wonder how they'd like THAT?
2007-06-26 05:19:00 · answer #5 · answered by Yahooanswerssux 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Those are the draw backs of a tourist area. But the perks are what keep you there!! Maybe you could move to s asmall suburb, just outside the main city!
2007-06-26 05:12:10 · answer #6 · answered by melissaw77 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i live on the cost del sol when its busy it good cos then ther'es more life to the area i live. during winter and easter there are a lot of old people so it's really quiet thats good then easter and summer it gets really busy which is brilliant but you get to know when and where to go at what times
2007-06-26 05:12:56 · answer #7 · answered by Snot Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Orlando and we are going to try to do things really early this year, because last year we got aggravated with the lines and hordes of people. So that is my plan for this year. Get there before most people are getting out of bed. :-)
2007-06-26 05:31:06 · answer #8 · answered by rec girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live in Florida, so winter is our crowded season. I try to stay off the main roads and go shopping early in the morning to avoid crowds. work is a nightmare because they all come to the library and tell us how they do it Up North.
2007-06-26 05:31:31 · answer #9 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I live on the outskirts of a seaside town and summer is a nightmare....no spaces to park etc etc. Best to avoid the town and the happy holidaymakrers in summer. :(
2007-06-26 05:11:01 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋