by Doubtfully Yours 25 Replies latest jw friends
come visit here in Florida. Relatives, friends, all!!! And of course they always want to go to the many parks and beaches here.
It's all good, but it gets so damn expensive and time consuming all the time!
Have you got a similar problem where you live?!
DY
First, did you mean this to be under the 'child abuse' section?
it gets so damn expensive and time consuming all the time!
Second, I live in Orlando so I know what you are talking about.. I've had two friends from KS come down and we went to Universal Studios. . $70 a pop.. and I'm poor!
Living in L.A. my friends want to hit the theme parks, too (Disney, Universal, et al.). I personally, can't stand Universal, and Disney is just two freaking expensive. I'm out close to $300 (myself, a date and two kiddies (14 & 10), er in Disney parlance adults) just to walk through the gates. Food? HA! Another $200. And then souveniers? Sometimes I feel like telling the kids, "You didnt lose your ticket, did you?"
LABD
Long Island has been a summer community to New York for 100 years ( remember The Great Gatsby?); a wave of middle class development came in the 1950s which exploded the population. It is all small new england type villages which have become absorbed into the new housing developments and strip mall shopping areas.
The beaches of Long Island are still world class; ocean beaches on the south shore to the Atlantic Ocean, and literally hundreds of miles of quite coves, bays , harbors and Long Island sound on the North Shore. Sailing and power boating is very big here. Day trippers come from NYC and other environs daily to use the beaches. They bring their own "culture" with them; very different from the Long Island culture; you can ALWAYS spot them. Some communtities DO NOT want them and make it difficult for day trippers. Others welcome the tourist dollars.
Oh no, this shouldn't be under the Child Abuse topic!
DY
yeah. I live in NYC. Love tourists. If I got time I'll take a few minutes to kind of show them around---where to go, what to see, what to eat---and tell about the, LOL, confusing subway system.
Memphis gets a bit of tourism.. the Elvis freaks go to do whatever it is they do at Graceland, the folks that want to see blues to go Beale Street, but that's about it. There really isn't that much to do in this town, so tourism isn't a problem. The main problem, cost-wise, throughout Tennessee are the Yankees who move in to retire and buy cheap land. They STILL pay to much for land, and it's driven the costs up skyhigh. People have even stopped farming in a lot of cases. What's the point when you can sell your cow pasture and cornfields so that a developer can turn it into a golf course and retirement community with some made up name like Ashingtonbrook Meadows and you can make 10 times what your property is worth. The new people who move in typically have no interest in the local culture, especially in the east, up in the appalachians, and they really add nothing to it.
Gita,
Too hell with Graceland, I want BBQ
LABD
Here I am trying to eat right and diet, and you gotta bring up barbeque. Ok, now I'm going to Reandevous BBQ for dinner.
DY,
I live in Florida as well (Central East Coast Florida) and have a revolving door. We love the company...well most times...but it does get expensive and tiring.
exjdub
