As someone who lives in one of these highly tourist-desirable areas of New England, please keep coming. We love you. Just be respectful of the area and the residents property, is all we ask.
Why aren't the tourists being directed to campgrounds , AT or Long trail trailheads ? Groton State forest is incredible this time of the year . Then again , I really can't see a bus load of flat landers trying to hike up Owls Head to look at the leaves .
I'm curious what was making them think that a random residential road was some kind of visitor center. Vermont is a state with beauty everywhere and they just had to go trampling lawns
@@YouCanCallMeReTro it’s 💯 influencers and social media. Instagram and other pretty internet photos makes it seem like this spot in particular is some destination… when you go in person, this area is literally a residential street. Albeit with farms and small properties, but residential nonetheless. It’s a small dirt road like 20 minutes outside of a small, rural town. Very much a collision of “internet driven-expectation vs reality.” It’s so sad because I don’t think people come with the intention of being destructive, but they traveled many miles thinking they were going someWHERE, and then discover there really isn’t anywhere to go.
It's the same assholes who moved to Florida from up north and littering our beaches!! Take ur trash off the beach along with your trashy ass. No respect to people who have lived here's for decades before all the Covid Transplant garbage moved here.
I was just in Woodstock on Monday. A guy was taking photos of a girl posing on someone’s private property. A local walked past and barked at her to get off their lawn. It was glorious to see. 😎
Morons drive up to northern New England not realizing that northern New England’s quaint charm is part of the fact it isn’t tightly packed with stores and such like NYC which means not a ton of restaurants and bathroom facilities.
You don't have to go to Vermont to see beautiful foliage in New England. The entire region bursts with color in autumn. New York State and Pennsylvania are lovely as well this time of year. We are very lucky!
I have lived in Michigan, and now I live in Indiana. We have gorgeous fall leaves, too. In fact, the entire midwest has gorgeous fall leaves. I am sure the entire northeast has them, too. The point I am making is that if these people simply want to see changing leaves, they don't have to bumrush this one town to see them.
Yeah... grew up in north Jersey in a NYC ex-urb suburb, and you could pretty beautiful spectacular fall leaves there 🍂. Now live in southern california so not too many fall colors among the native plants and foliage nature, but I can't imagine going somewhere just for the social media shot and upsetting the people who live there... if you love fall leaves move somewhere that has them....
Nothing quite like quintessential New England fall. From Rhode Island to Vermont covering all 6 states. It’s amazing up here. Life is good. All are invited.
Nothing quite like quintessential New England fall. From Rhode Island to Vermont covering all 6 states. It’s amazing up here. Life is good. All are invited.
I'm from Canada. Ten years ago we were in Vermont in late October. Our trees were bare while Vermont was vibrant. We never, ever trespassed onto someone else property to take photos. This is rude. Vermont is so vast that there is no reason congregate like that. Do your homework before you go out and consider places like National Parks, lookouts like Equinox Mountain, or historical places like Hildene . There is lots of room to spread out and enjoy the beauty that is Vermont.
I live in Vermont and work in Stowe and I can’t stand the leaf peepers who think they are entitled to stop on the road and cause traffic jams and act like they can do whatever they want just see the leaves dying….lets go to your house and do the same and see how you like it. 🙄😒
Good for them! It sounds like a very welcoming community but there is no excuse to enter someone's personal property without their invitation. Can't fathom the entitlement, but I'm glad the residents were able to find a solution!
It's made worse by the fact that it's completely legal to walk on someone's property if they so choose in Vermont. Unless they have a post saying no trespassing, it's fair game for people to walk on your property. I'm sure I'm missing details but it's been a point on contention for a good while. There aren't a lot of rights for property owners.
"Where's the bathrooms? Where are the food facilities?" Good God, idiot tourist behavior and entitlement never ceases to amaze me. Instagram obsessed "leaf peepers" (the most cringe term imaginable) are just a societal scourge.
When someone asked “where the bathrooms are or food facilities”, is it hard for the locals to direct them where thw restaurants or coffee shops are? Tourists planned their visits usually a year before. The point is, when you local people come to our towns, we are not rude, we are willing to help or direct you where to go. That simple!
It's the tourists that keep most of these local businesses/towns afloat BTW. You think the locals are busy shopping at candle shops and buying "Woodstock" t-shirts. Woodstock is a tourist town - the centerpiece of the whole damn town is a hotel. Hahahahaha.
I work at a major hospital in Lebanon, NH, and I considered Woodstock, VT as my home. I drove into town in early November it is lined with tourists. I could see where this is a problem, even though the rent is less expensive as Lebanon. And I dislike the drive to Lebanon. I don't mind visiting Woodstock, or even retire there, but not as a town for commuting to work. Tourist season is a two-edged sword. Yet, I do want to spend time in Woodstock in the offseason to understand its essence. I do love Vermont as I do all of northern New England.
@@lovelight6973 I’d say it’s more about timing. If you’re coming on a Friday-Sunday, you’re almost guaranteed a more difficult time than if you can arrange your trip Monday-Thursday. And, New England is really a big place (in its own way 🤪) enough that there is plenty of beauty to go around. I’d be sure to steer clear of anything that’s trending on social media. Towns like Stowe and Woodstock are influencer famous, but there are sooo many wonderful little towns everywhere. Thanks for asking that question!
@@MHOp-hv7ym oh no problem. Thanks for answering. It was always a goal of mine to go visit the East Coast during fall. Fall is and has always been since I was a little girl my favorite season. And also I want to try some of the shops and the seafood. My mom said it was incredible and very beautiful over there when she went to visit when she was younger.
Come to the northeast kingdom area of VT. I live there. We are very small towns, but very beautiful. Not as touristy as Stowe/Woodstock areas. We are at peak right now and it’s gorgeous. Lots of tourists come here but not the influencer types. As long as you stay off private property and stick to public areas you will not get in anyone’s way!
There are many places in Vermont that are beautiful at this time of year. The specific spots they are talking about in this story have been photographed - by mostly local professional photographers - for decades. But a combination of social media and everyone in the world having a camera in their pocket 24/7 has meant these locations have been identified and publicized, and that's where the trouble begins ... Honestly there are very few places like this, and most of the state will be happy to have you! No worries ...
@@flamesniper126 well choose any number of towns to go to. And then just don’t go into an area that looks like someone’s yard. If you stay driving on the roads and stopping at only scenic overlooks or obviously public places like an apple orchard or pumpkin patch, etc you will be fine
@@nooronkolisvlogusa361 well I’m in the NEK and we always turn this early as we are the earliest area in New England. So every year we change through Sept and are done by most of October
I live close by in Danville. We are at peak foliage right now and tourists are everywhere. Thankfully not on my lawn, but yes this is our busy season. It’s annoying to have all the tourists, but they will clear out soon. Then they will be back for ski season!
@@1972Ray Yeah honestly Tourism is the largest industry in the state. Move to a tourist state that you were once a tourist of and then complain about tourists???
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Perhaps they’ll understand how Southern Coastal towns feel when they visit during the summer. Be grateful for where you live because when everyone is gone you still are able to enjoy the beauty of your area.
True, and many of their dollars fund those people having a comfortable lifestyle. But: I know someone that lives near to where this story was filmed. People are brazen and rude, routinely violate private property rules in place where people have guns, etc.
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Hey, I live in NYC my whole life and we have to deal with tourist volume and some bad behavior regularly as well. At least you only have to deal with it for a few months.
Nope, it's more than a few months. Vermont is a tourist hotspot nearly year-round and our ski industry draws tons of tourists, as does the beautiful summers up here. People are just rude and no one appreciates that.
Hot take, Woodstocks not that pretty. They just did a good job marketing themselves to tourists a few years ago and now its out of control. There are way nicer places to tour in vermont, NH, Western Massachusetts, Updtare NY if you are looking for fall foliage without the crowds. I just feel a little bad because woodstock doesn't really have the infrastructure to handle enormous crowds. Its a pretty small town. Like most places in the northeast, its population is less than 6000.
@@StalinwithrizzWhat are you even talking about? You want to restrict people from driving on public roads? Did you even put a shread of thought into that comment or is this just mouth diaherrea.
Two years ago, I got trapped in the worst gridlocked, many miles long, traffic jam hell of my life while attempting to drive across VT during what apparently was a peak leaf day. To put that traffic jam in perspective for you, I lived in NYC for almost 40 years. Trust me when I tell you I know from traffic jam, gridlock, hell. That day in VT was the f*****g worst of them all!
I bet you if this town wasn’t named “Woodstock”, the people would drive to another town in Vermont. (i.e. any town in Vermont would suffice to see the fall foliage) If you were to say that any random person of certain generations. (or even teenagers today) what do you think of when you think of “Woodstock”, they would think of the 1969 Woodstock festival in upstate New York. (even even though the actual 1969 “Woodstock festival”, was held ~60 miles away, in Bethel, New York)
Its not just Vermont. The coastal areas of New Hampshire and Maine are a parking lot; the White Mountains are almost a joke with the number of Massholes completely clogging I93, the public parking, the trails overrun with out of state hikers, the trail parking lots overflowing into the roadways. I 93 on a Friday night going north is a parking lot : And of course on Sunday it is the reverse. Try driving on Route 1 in Maine from the border to Acadia. Insane. We find local out of the way places and DO NOT POST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. STFA. Today we found a lovely area of marsh and mountain that was in full color. Its located somewhere in the NorthEast.
I agree! Tourism is needed all year for the small towns, but the level of disrespect needs to stop. I'm glad they closed the roads. The tourists need to know where they can go and not go.
Tourism is needed in Vermont because the heavy hand of left-wing government makes it unfriendly to businesses. Good jobs are scarce. We cater to out of state tourists, second homeowners and transplants. Oh yeah, and welfare cases. The beauty of Vermont has become far outweighed by the ugliness of Progressivism. Vermont is gone.
@@AngryVermonterLet me guess, big corporations can’t build their oversized facilities in your state so you gotta complain about that for some reason. Enjoy the fact that you still have your small businesses, quaint little towns, and no chain stores.
@@sunshineimperials1600 I don't know what you're guessing about. I was pretty clear about it. Obviously, I have to break it down for you further. The "some reason" I'm complaining is it's hard for average Vermonters to find good jobs. Affordable housing is hard to find too. Small businesses are expensive to shop at and often can't afford to pay employees much or provide benefits. I've already explained the downsides to maintaining at all costs these "quaint little towns." No chain stores? Bahahaha! We've got those. All of them. Walmart, Walgreens, TJ Maxx, Five Guys, Starbucks, Dollar General. And that's just in my quaint little city - some would call it a town - of 15,000 people. Fun bonus fact for you: no one shops at the small stores (the restaurants seem to be doing fine) we have in the downtown. I don't know how they stay in business. I did a video on it.
I grew up in Vermont and I have to say I hated the stupid tourists. Folks who make their living from hospitality feel differently of course. Just be polite and respectful when you are a guest.
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I live in Essex off Weed road they have been here as well clogging up weed road whats worse I could not even get of my drive way to work I. Had to call Essex police to come. And there a lot of. Flat bed tow trucks towing cars away
The restrooms are generally with gas stations, you know. Circle K Big Apple and such. Also the grocers like Shaws and Hannaford. Unless the town is full of snobs and refused to allow a gas station/ convenience store that’s the best place. People sure are idiots
@@carolneumann2860 we don't have Circle K or Big Apple, but you're right: in or near Woodstock, there's Jiffy Mart, Cumbies, Mac's, and Maplefields, just off the top of my head. And there are plenty of other public venues with restrooms.
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My small town in Maine gets overrun by millions of tourists every year. It's destroying our town. I'm trying to move away because I can't stand it anymore.
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This rudeness isn't new here in New England. In October 1986, during my wedding, a group of tourons barged into Old Narragansett Church, a very small 18th century house of worship. As in these vacant people came bodily into the church, made loud comments, began snapping pictures. Had to be asked to leave. Did they not see the priest dressed in his ceremonial robes? A traditionally attired bride? The tiny church filled with appropriately dressed witnesses & guests? I wouldn't have minded had they remained quiet & outside but to overrun a solemn occasion? Most visitors are lovely but there is an amazing percentage that are thoughtless & inconsiderate. *and don't get me started on tourists asking about petting moose. Yes, petting moose *major eyeball roll*
I used to live in a quiet NE Kingdom village so I understand how this time of the year sucks for locals however people pulling up by the busloads is nothing new for any of these towns during the fall. And most of them depend on leef peepers to get them through the pre / post ski season tourist slump. What's happening is you have a new influx of homeowners in these quaint towns who were drawn up there by covid and seem to have forgotten that the same thing that brought them up there is the same thing all these busloads of people are there to see. You move to a tourist town, expect tourists. It's that simple. And while maybe there was an isolated incident I highly doubt crowds of people are sneaking onto a private road and asking to use a bathroom on private property. This is the media using the word "influencers" because they know it creates rage bait and some entitled locals taking things out of context. Give me a break.
Nobody wants you to be on their property. Especially if it is a high risk for EMS to not be able to park on someone’s driveway during an emergency. Not sure why people do this stuff. Park on a private property road to get photos of the fall colors in Vermont.
Unironically anytime I see anything about how great my home state of Vermont is, it pisses me off for this reason. Over the decades it’s been a steady increase of tourist who are disrespectful to our way of life, our nature, and our people. Just another trendy place that the internet grabbed onto and now every town in the state will feel it
About damn time that someone actually thought about the residents that live in these areas! We’ve got to get over this obsession in America where we have to go everywhere and see everything in mass numbers or we’re not really living. Go after the bus companies for sure. Damn influencers.
I REALLY despise the whole concept of “influencers.” Social media parasites dredging for clicks for their ad sponsor. Money-grubbing bottom feeders enriching themselves at the expense of the local communities they promote.
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When someone asked “where the bathrooms are or food facilities”, is it hard for the locals to direct them where thw restaurants or coffee shops are? Tourists planned their visits usually a year before. The point is, when you local people come to our towns, we are not rude, we are willing to help or direct you where to go. That simple!
I kinda agree with these people.. People are so obsesses with taking a photo for insta that they will invade people's privacy.. if it was one ok.. but the amount of people that do it is insane!
@@therhymeofbadilia3204 come to frankenmuth and mackinac island the 2 top tourist places. maple trees are all over the place come in the middle of october for that. many other places to numerous to mention.
Narcissists aka influencers are the worst.
‘Influencers’ is another word for ‘manipulators’
Having boat loads of Botox filled influencers there would deter me from going. I rather go somewhere else up north.
Driven by the public’s demand for it online
@@celestecelestial90 Ok.
As someone who lives in one of these highly tourist-desirable areas of New England, please keep coming. We love you. Just be respectful of the area and the residents property, is all we ask.
And you should get what you ask for. Unfortunately respectful behavior doesn’t go hand in hand with influencer intentions and expectations.
Speak for yourself hahaha
@@Blondie77128 The problem is that tourism in Vermont is a 3 billion a year industry. So a lot is depending on tourists.
@@1972RayTOURISTS GO HOME
Why aren't the tourists being directed to campgrounds , AT or Long trail trailheads ? Groton State forest is incredible this time of the year . Then again , I really can't see a bus load of flat landers trying to hike up Owls Head to look at the leaves .
How entitled do you have to be to park on a private road, and ask where the bathrooms are?
I'm curious what was making them think that a random residential road was some kind of visitor center. Vermont is a state with beauty everywhere and they just had to go trampling lawns
@@YouCanCallMeReTro it’s 💯 influencers and social media. Instagram and other pretty internet photos makes it seem like this spot in particular is some destination… when you go in person, this area is literally a residential street. Albeit with farms and small properties, but residential nonetheless. It’s a small dirt road like 20 minutes outside of a small, rural town. Very much a collision of “internet driven-expectation vs reality.” It’s so sad because I don’t think people come with the intention of being destructive, but they traveled many miles thinking they were going someWHERE, and then discover there really isn’t anywhere to go.
How entitled you are when you are in New York City and ask to use a bathroom?
@@ianchu8232 no one asks that in NYC because the whole city is one big toilet
It's the same assholes who moved to Florida from up north and littering our beaches!! Take ur trash off the beach along with your trashy ass. No respect to people who have lived here's for decades before all the Covid Transplant garbage moved here.
I was just in Woodstock on Monday. A guy was taking photos of a girl posing on someone’s private property. A local walked past and barked at her to get off their lawn. It was glorious to see. 😎
The locals are colonizers, they don’t belong there either.
I would've attempted to collect a fee for using my property. And give me credit! You were LITERALLY "@" 123 Main Street!
People need to be respectful.
Jenniferd...... You not far from the truth though but the nature of humans are unpredictable
Morons drive up to northern New England not realizing that northern New England’s quaint charm is part of the fact it isn’t tightly packed with stores and such like NYC which means not a ton of restaurants and bathroom facilities.
People from the NE megalopolis have no concept on how the rest of America lives
I agree, that's why we're swinging thru in the spring on a road trip out of Maryland.
I'm from nyc and I know thay these people don't actually care about the nature.
You don't have to go to Vermont to see beautiful foliage in New England. The entire region bursts with color in autumn. New York State and Pennsylvania are lovely as well this time of year. We are very lucky!
I have lived in Michigan, and now I live in Indiana. We have gorgeous fall leaves, too.
In fact, the entire midwest has gorgeous fall leaves. I am sure the entire northeast has them, too. The point I am making is that if these people simply want to see changing leaves, they don't have to bumrush this one town to see them.
They are obviously MORONS
Yeah... grew up in north Jersey in a NYC ex-urb suburb, and you could pretty beautiful spectacular fall leaves there 🍂. Now live in southern california so not too many fall colors among the native plants and foliage nature, but I can't imagine going somewhere just for the social media shot and upsetting the people who live there... if you love fall leaves move somewhere that has them....
Nothing quite like quintessential New England fall. From Rhode Island to Vermont covering all 6 states. It’s amazing up here. Life is good. All are invited.
Nothing quite like quintessential New England fall. From Rhode Island to Vermont covering all 6 states. It’s amazing up here. Life is good. All are invited.
Celieboo you're damn right ❤
FED UP with hearing that damn word “influencer” & all the BS that goes with it. they should electrify the roads
Influencer is just a nice way to say NARCISSIST. Social media is one of the worst things humanity has ever invented.
Then get off TH-cam.
I would start selling my full leaf bags 🍁 or even better- charge people to get the “experience to rake my yard”!
I'm from Canada. Ten years ago we were in Vermont in late October. Our trees were bare while Vermont was vibrant. We never, ever trespassed onto someone else property to take photos. This is rude. Vermont is so vast that there is no reason congregate like that. Do your homework before you go out and consider places like National Parks, lookouts like Equinox Mountain, or historical places like Hildene . There is lots of room to spread out and enjoy the beauty that is Vermont.
I remember this last year. Some people actually bring changing rooms 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I live in Vermont and work in Stowe and I can’t stand the leaf peepers who think they are entitled to stop on the road and cause traffic jams and act like they can do whatever they want just see the leaves dying….lets go to your house and do the same and see how you like it. 🙄😒
Bad day at work? Getting too worked up about something trivial
most of them do when they come to Maine as well for it. It's like go home already!
@@joshuasmith6439Outside of southern Maine, that state sucks. Nobody outside that state goes past Portland unless they are from there. All garbage.
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Flatlander’s Suck
Good for them! It sounds like a very welcoming community but there is no excuse to enter someone's personal property without their invitation. Can't fathom the entitlement, but I'm glad the residents were able to find a solution!
It's made worse by the fact that it's completely legal to walk on someone's property if they so choose in Vermont. Unless they have a post saying no trespassing, it's fair game for people to walk on your property. I'm sure I'm missing details but it's been a point on contention for a good while. There aren't a lot of rights for property owners.
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Just go to any place in New England and you’ll still get that autumn fall feeling.
You can be in PA and Virginia and still see leaves changing. I live in SE PA and it's just as vibrant as New England.
@@adammiller9179not quite
Reminds me of the family guy episode with "leafers".
😂😂 up until last year I thought that was a joke. I remember that It was funny from Family Guy
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As someone who owns property next to Woodstock we are so happy our neighbors have taken a stand.
"Where's the bathrooms? Where are the food facilities?"
Good God, idiot tourist behavior and entitlement never ceases to amaze me. Instagram obsessed "leaf peepers" (the most cringe term imaginable) are just a societal scourge.
Reminds me of the term ‘foodie’.
When someone asked “where the bathrooms are or food facilities”, is it hard for the locals to direct them where thw restaurants or coffee shops are? Tourists planned their visits usually a year before. The point is, when you local people come to our towns, we are not rude, we are willing to help or direct you where to go. That simple!
It's the tourists that keep most of these local businesses/towns afloat BTW. You think the locals are busy shopping at candle shops and buying "Woodstock" t-shirts. Woodstock is a tourist town - the centerpiece of the whole damn town is a hotel. Hahahahaha.
@@kamea4023When you plan your visit, Google maps will kindly tell you where the nearest washrooms, gas stations and restaurants are.
It's the same people voting for a certain candidate because Taylor Swift told them to...
I work at a major hospital in Lebanon, NH, and I considered Woodstock, VT as my home. I drove into town in early November it is lined with tourists. I could see where this is a problem, even though the rent is less expensive as Lebanon. And I dislike the drive to Lebanon. I don't mind visiting Woodstock, or even retire there, but not as a town for commuting to work. Tourist season is a two-edged sword. Yet, I do want to spend time in Woodstock in the offseason to understand its essence. I do love Vermont as I do all of northern New England.
So for those who are from that area or familiar with it. If I ever did want to visit. We're can you look without being disruptive?
@@lovelight6973 I’d say it’s more about timing. If you’re coming on a Friday-Sunday, you’re almost guaranteed a more difficult time than if you can arrange your trip Monday-Thursday. And, New England is really a big place (in its own way 🤪) enough that there is plenty of beauty to go around. I’d be sure to steer clear of anything that’s trending on social media. Towns like Stowe and Woodstock are influencer famous, but there are sooo many wonderful little towns everywhere. Thanks for asking that question!
@@MHOp-hv7ym oh no problem. Thanks for answering. It was always a goal of mine to go visit the East Coast during fall. Fall is and has always been since I was a little girl my favorite season. And also I want to try some of the shops and the seafood. My mom said it was incredible and very beautiful over there when she went to visit when she was younger.
Come to the northeast kingdom area of VT. I live there. We are very small towns, but very beautiful. Not as touristy as Stowe/Woodstock areas. We are at peak right now and it’s gorgeous. Lots of tourists come here but not the influencer types. As long as you stay off private property and stick to public areas you will not get in anyone’s way!
There are many places in Vermont that are beautiful at this time of year. The specific spots they are talking about in this story have been photographed - by mostly local professional photographers - for decades. But a combination of social media and everyone in the world having a camera in their pocket 24/7 has meant these locations have been identified and publicized, and that's where the trouble begins ... Honestly there are very few places like this, and most of the state will be happy to have you! No worries ...
@@amypetersen1668 ok! Sounds great!
I lived in Vermont for 17 years, the whole state becomes colored in late October to November.
I think you mean late September/October. I live in VT and we are at peak foliage right now
@@amypetersen1668where’s the best area to see the foliage without trespassing in private property
@@flamesniper126 well choose any number of towns to go to. And then just don’t go into an area that looks like someone’s yard. If you stay driving on the roads and stopping at only scenic overlooks or obviously public places like an apple orchard or pumpkin patch, etc you will be fine
@@amypetersen1668 this year it's early everywhere.
@@nooronkolisvlogusa361 well I’m in the NEK and we always turn this early as we are the earliest area in New England. So every year we change through Sept and are done by most of October
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I totally understand! My parents retired to Lower Waterford, Vermont. The autumn “Leaf Peepers” caused a disruption of their quiet lives!
I live close by in Danville. We are at peak foliage right now and tourists are everywhere. Thankfully not on my lawn, but yes this is our busy season. It’s annoying to have all the tourists, but they will clear out soon. Then they will be back for ski season!
It's a 3 billion dollar a year business, so your stuck with it.
@@1972Ray Yeah honestly Tourism is the largest industry in the state. Move to a tourist state that you were once a tourist of and then complain about tourists???
@@jamiesabuda7757 this is the way
People have every right to protect their private property. ❤
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Looks like a beautiful place to live
Perhaps they’ll understand how Southern Coastal towns feel when they visit during the summer. Be grateful for where you live because when everyone is gone you still are able to enjoy the beauty of your area.
True, and many of their dollars fund those people having a comfortable lifestyle. But: I know someone that lives near to where this story was filmed. People are brazen and rude, routinely violate private property rules in place where people have guns, etc.
Maine has BOTH! And they did seem like they were growing increasingly rude and entitled.
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I live one town over, in White River Junction.
Influencers, get a real job. Ruining it for the rest of us respectful folk.
Hey, I live in NYC my whole life and we have to deal with tourist volume and some bad behavior regularly as well. At least you only have to deal with it for a few months.
Nope, it's more than a few months. Vermont is a tourist hotspot nearly year-round and our ski industry draws tons of tourists, as does the beautiful summers up here. People are just rude and no one appreciates that.
Hot take, Woodstocks not that pretty. They just did a good job marketing themselves to tourists a few years ago and now its out of control. There are way nicer places to tour in vermont, NH, Western Massachusetts, Updtare NY if you are looking for fall foliage without the crowds. I just feel a little bad because woodstock doesn't really have the infrastructure to handle enormous crowds. Its a pretty small town. Like most places in the northeast, its population is less than 6000.
@@whuwhaaa2 A few years ago? Clearly you don't live near Woodstock
there’s no infrastructure in Vermont to deal with tourists.
Stop. You're trying to compare the largest city in the United States to a rural town in Vermont lol
Or, you can charge an entrance fee and make some money. It IS your property after all.
The owner's of that property clearly don't need the money. It's a vacation home
Private property rights are being watered down at an alarming rate.
@@AngryVermonter I believe ALL of our rights are being watered down, Vermonter. Good reason to be Angry.
@@breal7277 You got that right.
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Traffic was backed up for miles on the Kancamagus this past weekend.. people from all over the US.
States need population limits. This is freaking annoying now!! I have to go to the store at 6am to avoid traffic.
@@StalinwithrizzWhat are you even talking about? You want to restrict people from driving on public roads? Did you even put a shread of thought into that comment or is this just mouth diaherrea.
Alaska is absolutely gorgeous during fall, just like Vermont.
Two years ago, I got trapped in the worst gridlocked, many miles long, traffic jam hell of my life while attempting to drive across VT during what apparently was a peak leaf day. To put that traffic jam in perspective for you, I lived in NYC for almost 40 years. Trust me when I tell you I know from traffic jam, gridlock, hell. That day in VT was the f*****g worst of them all!
I bet you if this town wasn’t named “Woodstock”, the people would drive to another town in Vermont. (i.e. any town in Vermont would suffice to see the fall foliage)
If you were to say that any random person of certain generations. (or even teenagers today) what do you think of when you think of “Woodstock”, they would think of the 1969 Woodstock festival in upstate New York.
(even even though the actual 1969 “Woodstock festival”, was held ~60 miles away, in Bethel, New York)
The road they are talking about is actually in Pomfret. Woodstock, VT has always been a tourist town. Old Rockefeller money.
Its not just Vermont. The coastal areas of New Hampshire and Maine are a parking lot; the White Mountains are almost a joke with the number of Massholes completely clogging I93, the public parking, the trails overrun with out of state hikers, the trail parking lots overflowing into the roadways. I 93 on a Friday night going north is a parking lot : And of course on Sunday it is the reverse. Try driving on Route 1 in Maine from the border to Acadia. Insane. We find local out of the way places and DO NOT POST IT ON SOCIAL MEDIA. STFA. Today we found a lovely area of marsh and mountain that was in full color. Its located somewhere in the NorthEast.
hey, I'm not an influencer just a local like you, would you mind sharing the GPS coordinates of this really beautiful location that you found ?
The NIMBYs who are complaining fail to realize that tourism boosts the local economy.
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Yeah, those service industry workers are really cleaning up in Vermont.
Don't care. Go HOME!!!!!!!
This footage is from a year ago
I agree! Tourism is needed all year for the small towns, but the level of disrespect needs to stop. I'm glad they closed the roads. The tourists need to know where they can go and not go.
Tourism is needed in Vermont because the heavy hand of left-wing government makes it unfriendly to businesses. Good jobs are scarce. We cater to out of state tourists, second homeowners and transplants. Oh yeah, and welfare cases. The beauty of Vermont has become far outweighed by the ugliness of Progressivism. Vermont is gone.
@@AngryVermonterLet me guess, big corporations can’t build their oversized facilities in your state so you gotta complain about that for some reason. Enjoy the fact that you still have your small businesses, quaint little towns, and no chain stores.
@@sunshineimperials1600 I don't know what you're guessing about. I was pretty clear about it. Obviously, I have to break it down for you further. The "some reason" I'm complaining is it's hard for average Vermonters to find good jobs. Affordable housing is hard to find too. Small businesses are expensive to shop at and often can't afford to pay employees much or provide benefits. I've already explained the downsides to maintaining at all costs these "quaint little towns." No chain stores? Bahahaha! We've got those. All of them. Walmart, Walgreens, TJ Maxx, Five Guys, Starbucks, Dollar General. And that's just in my quaint little city - some would call it a town - of 15,000 people. Fun bonus fact for you: no one shops at the small stores (the restaurants seem to be doing fine) we have in the downtown. I don't know how they stay in business. I did a video on it.
There's a park where some of the leaves turn purple and pink among the usual colors. I can't remember the name though. Someone help me out.
Ooh! Sounds wonderful!
What a beautiful
Fall foliage
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No real reason to crush into small towns. New England is big and charming enough that you can see similar sights in multiple places
I grew up in Vermont and I have to say I hated the stupid tourists. Folks who make their living from hospitality feel differently of course. Just be polite and respectful when you are a guest.
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Would it help if there were more no trespassing sign? Apparently people think these places are parks.
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Ha! Dressing the part. I live in vermont and notice this wasn't normal attire 😊
I love the women in twirly dresses and heels while hiking the White and Green mountains 😂 Good luck with that, influencers!
I live in Essex off Weed road they have been here as well clogging up weed road whats worse I could not even get of my drive way to work I. Had to call Essex police to come. And there a lot of. Flat bed tow trucks towing cars away
why does someone have to tell you not to go on peoples lawn and porches?!
That's wrong, tourists. People's private homes? Where is common sense
Literally all of New England has great foliage this is so foolish…
As well as many other states in the US. I don't get it.
The restrooms are generally with gas stations, you know. Circle K Big Apple and such. Also the grocers like Shaws and Hannaford. Unless the town is full of snobs and refused to allow a gas station/ convenience store that’s the best place. People sure are idiots
@@carolneumann2860 we don't have Circle K or Big Apple, but you're right: in or near Woodstock, there's Jiffy Mart, Cumbies, Mac's, and Maplefields, just off the top of my head. And there are plenty of other public venues with restrooms.
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Do they know the leaves are changing in MANY more places than Woodstock, VT?
My small town in Maine gets overrun by millions of tourists every year. It's destroying our town. I'm trying to move away because I can't stand it anymore.
Just build a chipotle and a town square with a couple bars and Mexican restaurants you’ll be fine
As someone who has been here and would give anything to move there would be a dream.
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This rudeness isn't new here in New England.
In October 1986, during my wedding, a group of tourons barged into Old Narragansett Church, a very small 18th century house of worship.
As in these vacant people came bodily into the church, made loud comments, began snapping pictures.
Had to be asked to leave.
Did they not see the priest dressed in his ceremonial robes? A traditionally attired bride?
The tiny church filled with appropriately dressed witnesses & guests?
I wouldn't have minded had they remained quiet & outside but to overrun a solemn occasion?
Most visitors are lovely but there is an amazing percentage that are thoughtless & inconsiderate.
*and don't get me started on tourists asking about petting moose.
Yes, petting moose *major eyeball roll*
Busses should be banned. Good-close down streets!
The reporter 👌
You want that tourist money but you don't want them there. Same here in our small beach town. We like Snow bird money just don't want them here
Why were they going to private properties?
I love tourists but this year around has definitely been crazy and for some reason they're super mean.
I used to live in a quiet NE Kingdom village so I understand how this time of the year sucks for locals however people pulling up by the busloads is nothing new for any of these towns during the fall. And most of them depend on leef peepers to get them through the pre / post ski season tourist slump. What's happening is you have a new influx of homeowners in these quaint towns who were drawn up there by covid and seem to have forgotten that the same thing that brought them up there is the same thing all these busloads of people are there to see. You move to a tourist town, expect tourists. It's that simple. And while maybe there was an isolated incident I highly doubt crowds of people are sneaking onto a private road and asking to use a bathroom on private property. This is the media using the word "influencers" because they know it creates rage bait and some entitled locals taking things out of context. Give me a break.
If the leaves on the tree are yellow, it’s OK to pee on it at that point.
Hmm definitely not for me but maybe I’d like to visit green mountain, some day.
Nevada has equally beautiful fall follage if not better, we are used to crowded streets just come here instead, it keeps our towns lively.
Nobody wants you to be on their property. Especially if it is a high risk for EMS to not be able to park on someone’s driveway during an emergency. Not sure why people do this stuff. Park on a private property road to get photos of the fall colors in Vermont.
Unironically anytime I see anything about how great my home state of Vermont is, it pisses me off for this reason. Over the decades it’s been a steady increase of tourist who are disrespectful to our way of life, our nature, and our people. Just another trendy place that the internet grabbed onto and now every town in the state will feel it
About damn time that someone actually thought about the residents that live in these areas! We’ve got to get over this obsession in America where we have to go everywhere and see everything in mass numbers or we’re not really living. Go after the bus companies for sure. Damn influencers.
As a native Vermonter I tend to take vacation out of state this time of the year to get a break from it.
Call tow trucks...ruin their day
So, the locals effectively influenced the influencers not to negatively influence their lives😁
BAN STREAMERS AND THESE SO-CALLED "INFLUENCERS". They're not supposed to be on Private Properties!
I REALLY despise the whole concept of “influencers.” Social media parasites dredging for clicks for their ad sponsor. Money-grubbing bottom feeders enriching themselves at the expense of the local communities they promote.
Social media photography 😢 I ran into two couples I met on vacation they told me about this!
As Grand Master Flash used to say "Too Much , Too Many People"
Don't they have leaves and trees in other places? Like wherever these folks came from?
Come to Baltimore! We have trees
This is last year's news! They started closing the road last year.
Leaves here in NE Ohio are stunning! You don't have to go to NE.
In the pnw and the rockies as well
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is this real news？ Like there are bigger issues at hand
Yeah there are people eating the dogs, they're eating the cats!
These damn leaf peepers back up traffic from Hartford ct to Springfield ma on the weekends.. going to Vermont.. all New Yorkers !grrrrrr
hahaha! We are full of flatlander's from CT and MA every weekend!
I can’t stand tourists. Even when I’m one. I try my best to not be “one of those”. Always ruin the calm nature with crowds, obesity, and ignorance.
All glory to God
Fall foliage already? Where I live in Virginia we dont see the color til after Halloween
There are no locals left in Woodstock. It’s all second homes owned by doctors from Massachusetts
Can we find Trevor a decent coat and shirt . It’s like News from Matt Sweaty .
Is Trevor Ault the quarterback from "Daria" all grown up?
This is why places want to ban cruise ships. The entitled tourists and their we were here selfies.
When someone asked “where the bathrooms are or food facilities”, is it hard for the locals to direct them where thw restaurants or coffee shops are? Tourists planned their visits usually a year before. The point is, when you local people come to our towns, we are not rude, we are willing to help or direct you where to go. That simple!
Large state called New York…look it up on the map, geniuses…it’s huge…
Smart! It's hilarious that influencers just recently discovered FALL and FOLIAGE lolololll
Oh my gosh… so rude of people to behave this way
Charge visitors for parking and entrance to the road, problem solved.
I kinda agree with these people.. People are so obsesses with taking a photo for insta that they will invade people's privacy.. if it was one ok.. but the amount of people that do it is insane!
“Just leave your cash at the border”
Not from any town that gets invaded by tourists , huh?
if vermont doesn't want you come to michigan it's just as pretty.
Please do! Can we also send you the millions of tourists that come through Salem, Ma?
@@therhymeofbadilia3204 come to frankenmuth and mackinac island the 2 top tourist places. maple trees are all over the place come in the middle of october for that. many other places to numerous to mention.
I lived in a heavily touristed are for years... Its mostly a weekend hassle
Going to Vermont is definitely not on my list of places to travel to. I'd much rather visit San Diego
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Good stay away we don’t need you
People in Vermont: You pay taxes for your property, you live there. Keep them OUT. Remind them that even the dumpy cities have leaves
Totally off topic, but how cute is Trevor?😉
I think the town should ban them in the residential areas.