Well here's the thing. Yeah PC gets the huge HS & college crowd for a few weeks in the spring and a few weeks in June. And while there they fill up condos and hotel rooms. And if you own a liquor store, you're making a killing. They'll go out to eat some so they'll pump some into the local restaurants.

But then after those few weeks in the spring and June, they're gone. The rest of the spring and summer places like PC depend on adults and families to come to town with their dollars to spend on hotel/condo rent, going out to eat, and doing normal tourist stuff. That's where the lion's share of the yearly vacation season's profits are made or lost. But really since the mid-90s more and more of those adults and families choose to go elsewhere due to the reputation that PC has grown.

Back in the 80s Panama City was a giant of a vacation destination compared to virtually all the other tourist destinations on the Gulf Coast. It's where everyone went for the most part. That's not been the case for a long time now thanks to the reputation that PC has gotten thanks to the increasingly out of control spring break crowds.

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Posted by CadesCove

Mounting the Woman

Member since Oct 2006

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Posted on 4/1/15 at 9:04 am to Darth_Vader

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Back in the 80s Panama City was a giant of a vacation destination compared to virtually all the other tourist destinations on the Gulf Coast. It's where everyone went for the most part. That's not been the case for a long time now thanks to the reputation that PC has gotten thanks to the increasingly out of control spring break crowds.

I had heard that they were putting a lot of effort into demolishing all the old motels/shitholes on the strip and replacing with nicer, more modern places. I guess it isn't helping. I haven't been to PC in decades. I have all the air-brushed t-shirts and hermit crabs that I need.