saintdanakscully t1_itlrlo4 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 4:12 PM

Reply to comment by Balsac_is_Daddy in This past Saturday, Salem was full by 11 a.m. Here's what it's like to live there in October. by zsreport

As a former resident, it’s way more than that. This shit starts trickling in as soon as August, I would see tourists coming in to town dressed as skeletons or something before they had the schools back open for the year.

Balsac_is_Daddy t1_itly4d5 wrote on October 24, 2022 at 4:54 PM

I used to live in Great Barrington, tourism only stopped for maybe Feb and March, if the snowfall was crappy.

AboyNamedBort t1_itm1rrx wrote on October 24, 2022 at 5:18 PM

Salem gets way more tourists in October than Great Barrington ever gets

Balsac_is_Daddy t1_itm38wf wrote on October 24, 2022 at 5:27 PM

I never said it didn't :) But having lived in a city that gets overrun with New Yorkers for most of the year, I can relate. Traffic was HORRENDOUS.

Kissfan07 t1_itn5jpq wrote on October 24, 2022 at 9:34 PM

Berkshire country gets way more tourists than Salem, and that’s year round.