After a year and 2 months here in wonderland, I can honestly say that the crowds get to me now and then. That having been said, a few observations:
1) Everyone seems to want to be at the same place at the same time. If you go early or late, it is pretty easy to get seated at many of the restaurants. If you aren't flexible, you will wait. Or, you can always make reservations...
2) We took company to R.J. Gator's at around 6:30 on Saturday and walked right in.
3) there are well over 100,000 of us. Any event held (regardless of time of year) is going to be busy. Look at the crowd for the Christmas parade.
4) Popular bands pack the squares regardless of the time of year.
5) Colony Publix is busy (yes, we all agree on that one). why not go to the one by Spanish Springs? It was virtually empty at 4 pm today?
We have the events and concerts which we have because we are large enough to attract the talent. If we had 5,000 residents, we would not have a fraction of the shows.
Flexibility helps deal with much of the overcrowding.
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