Balsac_is_Daddy t1_itlllzc wrote on October 24, 2022 at 3:32 PM

Reply to comment by Kissfan07 in This past Saturday, Salem was full by 11 a.m. Here's what it's like to live there in October. by zsreport

The entire month of October is fkn insane in Salem.

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

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.