What It’s like Growing up in a Tourist Area

Because no one will believe their vacation spot could ever be dull or unpleasant to a local.

Leigh Victoria Fisher, MS
Jersey Girl Journal
7 min readAug 13, 2019

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Photo Courtesy of R.M. Nunes

If you’ve lived it, you know exactly what it’s like. But if you’re from one of the places full of people who go flocking to tourist hotspots, then it’s hard to imagine what that tourist paradise is like year-round.

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Leigh Victoria Fisher, MS
Jersey Girl Journal

Brooklyn-based writer and poet. Designer in NYC. Drinks books and loves coffee. Has an MS from NYU in Integrated Design & Media. Working on an MFA in Fiction.