my little town

the town i live in is basically a tourist town there's lots of old buildings that have been renovated for the tourists to look at old cemeteries to visit and a water front to walk along and see where the cotton was shipped off to Europe and where the slaves were bought in to sell.stores that sell souvenirs and bars to get drunk in on St Patrick day but all towns have their seamy side the parts the tourist don't see or don't care to see after all if they wanted to see poor people slums and drug deals they could stay home see that .No this is a vacation trip a time to forget what is bad in life and enjoy the good things. pralines and southern cooking a picture of themselves standing next to the statute of the waving girl. Its okay I've been a tourist before i took in the sights took some pictures and ate some of the local cuisine then went home .Tourists travel in packs some walk some keep to the tour buses looking at the buildings and not seeing the people i guess the bad thing about tourists is that the jobs created by them are low paying and they don't tip too well but still they provide jobs for the people from the poor side of town