Overcrowding in Santiago

t2andreo said:

It is NOT crowded. There are just too many people in a confined place - particularly when "I" want to enjoy it. One's perspective defines the argument. To wit - "I am NOT overweight, I am under-tall."

This is a collallary of the late, great American baseball player Yogi Berra who once famously quipped "nobody goes there anymore - it's too crowded..." He was famous for his many and comic malapropisms - for example - "It's deja vu - all over again..."

So, in the best analytical planning I can muster, "I" determine when there will be "too many" people where I want to go - and then I go at a different time of day, day of week, week of month, or month of year. Be where "they" are not.

It is really quite simple. All of this breathless whinging is just that, much ado about nada! Yawn - un grande bostezar.

If you go anyplace at peak times, you will encounter crowds. Simple problem with a simple fix - be somewhere else.

Hope this helps.

Tom

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J Willhaus said:

There are still times to see Santiago without crowds.

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Tincatinker said:

Ok, so Santiago has a population of around 100,000. A few thousand pilgrims, tourists and rubber-neckers a day is scarcely to be noticed. There’ll be a few days a year when the Vigo and Coruña cruise ships add to the throng, but not for long (can’t miss dinner) but, on the whole the city of Santiago won’t notice them. The 1km radius of the cathedral, okay, that’s knee deep in the buggers. And what do we have? We have headlines about how there are too many/ not enough visitors pricing out the locals while failing to spend enough money. Trying to eke out their few remaining €’s by sharing a tapa between 6 and moaning like mad when the Emerald City starts to look a bit Jade(d).

I can’t wait for this year’s flush of headlines includes “pilgrim wears trainers despite admission standards”, “Cathedral employs bouncers”, and “Santiago says “wasn’t our original concept””.

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