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Obviously such a generalization can't be true.

When the Olympics come to town?

When Fleet Week comes to town?

When the giant music festivals happen in the parks?

When the big awards show takes over the tourist area?

When SF tourists make our ski mountains require paid parking on the weekends?

People grumble..

In Washington, D.C., every May we get Police Week. Which is to say our drunk tourists have badges and guns and short fuses.

No one in Washington loves this "boon" to our local economy.

Oh, and ask people who own houses in Tampa's Hyde Park neighborhood what they think of Gasparilla.