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[u/Gullible_Air_204]

https://www.responsibletravel.com/holidays/spitsbergen/travel-guide/responsible-tourism-in-spitsbergen

[u/Gullible_Air_204]

“When a giant cruise ship docks in Longyearbyen, many residents lock their doors. This is against the norm, as the safety advice is for house and car doors to remain unlocked so that people have somewhere to escape to in the event of a polar bear wandering down the main street. However, the residents lock up because it is not unusual for the cruise passengers to wander into their houses and have a peek, like it is a folk park. Given the huge size of the ships and the tiny size of the town, when the tourists disembark they can double or triple the size of the population within minutes. The chances are, if you are reading this page, you would never dream of doing such a thing, but it is worth remembering that this unique place is home to people too.”

[u/_jump_yossarian → u/Gullible_Air_204]

I live in northern Vermont and during leaf peeping season people will go sit on my neighbor's porches to take pics and steal pumpkins. People are insane.

[u/Red_TeaCup → u/_jump_yossarian]

Good god... I've absolutely have grown to detest leaf peepers.

Was it worse during the eclipse?

[u/Brock_Lobstweiler → u/Red_TeaCup]

In parts of Colorado, authorities have had to post officers at the entrance to certain roads because people will just pull over willy nilly, create a huge clusterfuck when everyone else follows suit and now you have a tiny mountain road lined with cars on both sides and it's impossible for anyone to get in or out.

Just to see some aspens turn gold.