Oh William… while tourism is definitely an annoyance, places where tourism does not exist (like say, New Jersey) are probably not very exciting places to live.  So I would take it in great stride that you have already lived in three of them.  Not to mention, aren’t we all tourists?  At some point in our lives at least.  Yes, we probably aren’t so frank and annoying about it.  No, we probably don’t wear fanny packs and socks under our sandals (I would hope anyway), but we are always gonna be the new kid somewhere, and therefore we are all tourists.  (So I guess I shouldn’t get so upset when you take out a map somewhere).  And on a side note, I don’t know if I could see you living on a farm.

will-n:

I realized today that I have been constantly dodging tourists on a daily basis for the past 3 years. Going to school in New York City I am constantly surrounded by flash bulbs blinding me as I walk under the Washington Sq Arch on my way to class. During the summer I literally have to wade through tourists clogging the Ben & Jerry’s Gift shop. This year I thought it might be a little different being in Prague for a semester. How wrong I was. The two NYU buildings are mere feet from one of the largest tourist attractions in Prague, the Astronomical Clock. What makes it worse is that these people are waiting (sometimes for up to 30 mins) to watch a clock chime. Not only that but daily I am assaulted by pub crawl promoters who are some of the lewdest and awkwardest people I have ever had to interact with. I see no end until i graduate with this problem. Maybe this is why my sister works on a farm after graduating from NYU…