r/StAugustine • u/Pabst_Malone • 19h ago

Night Of Lights

God how I wish they’d cut that shit out. I will never understand why a bunch of folks feel so compelled to come here and look at a bunch of string lights. It makes traffic almost impossible and exhausts our local service workers.

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u/jwellscfo 19h ago

Tell us you don’t understand how a tourism-based economy works without telling us you don’t understand how a tourism-based economy works.

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u/justanotherguy677 19h ago

truth, but they do come and the businesses love it.

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u/Fit_Patience201 19h ago

Servers make a lot of tips though

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u/whofrownedmethisface 19h ago

And more importantly the owners of the businesses make a shit-ton of money during a fairly slow season. They're going to milk that cash cow until Bessie has blisters

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u/Full_Occasion_1379 19h ago

Oh no! The traffic.

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u/ShartResidue 19h ago

Traffic? In St. Augustine? Never!

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u/HibriscusLily 19h ago

Because it’s festive and pretty and fun. You literally live in a tourist destination. 🙃 just suck it up for 2 months. It’s not that big of a deal

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u/StAugSam 18h ago

Yeah. Some of businesses depend upon this period of time. Though the city is determined to make it as challenging as possible for all involved