Tourist Etiquette

Peach · 05-31-2011, 12:19 PM

[QUOTE=betenoire;349768]You're so lucky to have grown up there, Saltspring Island is so great. (That was the only island I ever visited when I was living in Vancouver.) I promise I didn't act like an ass. I just went hiking and then went home.

it was an amazing place to grow up. As a kid, we had acres and acres of forest, farms, a lake across the road, orchards so full of fruit, we would make ourselves sick from eating! As an teen, it became a bit close. Everyone knew everyone, if you skipped class, you would be found out bythe time yougot home!! LOL
It has become a tourist mecca, which IMO has had a negative effect. Property prices are outrageous, low income people cant find a decent place to live for a decent rent. If you do, you have to vacate by May, because everyone wants to rent any space they have to tourists. You cant find a place to park in town, and stores and shops hike their prices for the season.
I get that tourist dollars fuel business, but at the same time, locals seem to get the short end of the stick.

05-31-2011, 12:19 PM	#23
Peach Member How Do You Identify?: femme Relationship Status: happily married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: where my hat is Posts: 173 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 69 Thanked 640 Times in 129 Posts Rep Power: 5775547	[QUOTE=betenoire;349768]You're so lucky to have grown up there, Saltspring Island is so great. (That was the only island I ever visited when I was living in Vancouver.) I promise I didn't act like an ass. I just went hiking and then went home. it was an amazing place to grow up. As a kid, we had acres and acres of forest, farms, a lake across the road, orchards so full of fruit, we would make ourselves sick from eating! As an teen, it became a bit close. Everyone knew everyone, if you skipped class, you would be found out bythe time yougot home!! LOL It has become a tourist mecca, which IMO has had a negative effect. Property prices are outrageous, low income people cant find a decent place to live for a decent rent. If you do, you have to vacate by May, because everyone wants to rent any space they have to tourists. You cant find a place to park in town, and stores and shops hike their prices for the season. I get that tourist dollars fuel business, but at the same time, locals seem to get the short end of the stick.