I remember hearing the Director of Tourism from Colorado on a radio talk
show (in the early '80s) say "leave your money here, but go back home". Not
the way I would think is best for promoting an area/state.
Gregg
From: Scott Nelson
> Interesting, I just read an article in the SF Chronicle about a study of
the
> relative "helpfulness" of cities' denizens. A stooge would read a map in
public
> and generally look lost. Each city was toted up for how often someone
would
> offer help. I don't remember how Chicago rated, but San Francisco and
Denver
> both did poorly. Ah, there's another knock for my original and adoptive
home
> towns!
>
> <...residents seeing me reading a city map offered help,>
>
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