AIBU to resent the mess and antisocial behaviour from bank holiday visitors?

Does anybody else have to put up with this?

Erm ... yes? all the other people who live in your town or village and everyone who lives in a popular tourist destination more or less anywhere.

Why would you assume people can't afford to live there? I live in a beautiful area, I still enjoy travelling to other beautiful areas. Would I buy in the touristy areas near me? No!

I went to Margate yesterday (we actually live just down the coast, but fancied a change - Walpole Bay tidal swimming pool is fab, btw). I doubt if this is the kind of town the OP lives in .

I actually think the local authority has a lot to answer for. Bins had obviously not been emptied at all over the weekend. All bins were surrounded by bags of rubbish. Now, of course people should just have taken their cans, crisp packets, whatever, home with them. But given they'd bothered to take them to the bin, they did make at least some effort to clear up after themselves.

It's been known for a couple of weeks this was going to be a hot bank holiday weekend. Why not plan for it? Staff to empty bins, additional wheelie bins...? It would also make cleaning up easier.

We did take our rubbish home.

If you got the rubbish there when it was all heavier because it was full of food/drink/whatever then you can manage to take it home.

I think that's one issue - there's a lot of extra waste collections needed, the money for which will come from the locals council tax.

Unfortunately there are some visitors who are determined not to put their hands in their pockets for anything when visiting a tourist spot - they'll park their camper vans in residents parking areas, dump their waste in the gutter and avoid buying anything from the local businesses.

Why the relevance of whether people can afford to live there? Are you suggested that makes then less respectful?

I’m poor. I hate litter and regularly litter pick around my area. It’s just scummy and uncivilised.

As is snobbery.

OP, could you tell us the exact amount someone would need to have in the bank, to turn them from an antisocial awful litter lout, to a decent, thoughtful and tidy person?

I mean you can round it off to the nearest £100 if it helps you.

Dumbest comment of the day 🙄. If you're able to carry it there I'm sure it's not too hard to carry away afterwards especially as many things will be empty.

You should try living in Edinburgh during the festival it's insane. Population explodes and it's full of tourists plus all the performers. Us residents understand that it's important but at the same time some consideration that it's our home would be appreciated. We put up with being constantly disturbed by noise, dealing with mounds of rubbish left plus drunk people, being harassed by promo staff when walking anywhere, buses delayed because tourists ask the driver a million questions when they get on, and not being able to easily get from A to B due to crowds. Plus all the parties in our tenement buildings let for short term.

I live in a little village which is relatively near the east of England coast, so we're becoming ever more full with Air B&Bs by the day it seems - which is absolutely fine but the people staying in them can be so oblivious. Parking on other people's driveways, blocking access routes etc.

A little bit of courtesy and common sense is all it takes.

Well you managed to carry it all there? Whys it so much harder to carry it away?

There's zero excuse for leaving rubbish.

Our town gets lots of visitors from London and the beaches are left covered in rubbish. It's disgusting.

I live a 5 minute walk to the beach in Yorkshire. When I had the old dog we would walk along the seafront first thing and I would chat to the chaps who were litter picking. The things they found were disgusting. Not just food waste, but dirty nappies dumped beside the waste bins, other human waste,condoms. I mean it was vile. There are plenty of bins so I don't know why they can't use them. I regularly find empty beer cans dumped on my front wall, despite a bin being nearby. I did appreciate the money left one morning though.

I agree @coulditbeme2323, I live near to venue that held a two-day music festival. I can’t ignore mess so filled a couple of bags with all sorts of rubbish from the side of the road, but mostly fast food wrappers, balloons and nitrous oxide canisters. I hate littering, it says a lot about those that treat the environment as a bin and in my opinion it’s nothing to do with class or wealth, it’s simply a poor attitude and a total lack of respect

So that makes it OK to just dump it? You must have brought your rubbish in something so carry it back out the same way.

Agreed.
We live in an area that attracts very affluent people. They behave just as loutishly. They just do it all wearing red trousers /yachting kit.

Full house!

Double bingo!

It really does not.

I work in retail banking so can confirm with authority there is no correlation between wealth and decency. If I had to stereotype then it's people with a lot of money who are often the rudest.

Put it in the kids buckets?

Take a carrier bag with them and fill it with rubbish?

There's always a way for people to take rubbish with them.

Most of the time people brought the stuff to the beach eg food and drink. They had no trouble carrying it to the beach yet somehow they lack the means to carry it back off?

I think one thing we could do is build more open air pools.
People have a very primal need to be near water when it is really hot. And its unfair to judge them for seeking it out.

If there were more open air pools they might not feel the need to drive hours in gridlock to a packed beach and then park haphazardly. When I see the crazy long queues heading to the beach I sort of sympathise with them for wanting to find a parking space when they get there!!

Of course YANBU but I think the council needs to take some responsibility too. A hiking tourist hot-spot near to us have adopted a 'take your litter home' policy and removed all bins. So now the area in covered in dog shit bags as people don't want to put that in their boot.