If the profits would stay in the local economies, maybe I'd not be so pissed about it. But a huge chunk of the profits ends up at international hotel conglomerates and beer breweries - the only one still independent is Augustiner, everyone else got bought up - and their shareholders.

Thanks but no thanks.

Obviously such a generalization can't be true.

When the Olympics come to town?

When Fleet Week comes to town?

When the giant music festivals happen in the parks?

When the big awards show takes over the tourist area?

When SF tourists make our ski mountains require paid parking on the weekends?

People grumble..

That certainly is false as a general statement. In America, you will see countless complaints similar to those coming from /u/mschuster91. This makes sense, since many of those inconvenienced don't reap any economic benefits from it.

Usually people/cities appreciate event and tourism business and money (and lament its loss, as during covid) but dislike the crowding and inevitable anti-social behavior that you can run into.

That being said, I've read some positive comments regarding tourists recently, noting that they are often enthusiastic about parts of your town that you might be jaded about or have written off as useless tourist areas but might actually be something that locals could enjoy as well.

Most of the locals do enjoy the Oktoberfest (speaking as someone from there). It is a fun two weeks of the year and the entire city enters a special kind of mood.

But it is not surprising that the HN crowd would find it distasteful. People here are definitely not the type for these kinds of festivities.