I understand the feelings of the locals, but the people with the summer homes do bring much needed income during the summer.
BS ... the only thing the out of towners bring is congestion and inflated prices. The only businesses that profit from them are those that cater to them and those in the real estate industry. I have personally seem three pleasant and quaint resort towns RUINED by the mass influx of seasonal visitors. Towns have had to limit the number of vacation rentals ... locals being pushed out by ever increasing property costs ... infrastructures and services are overwhelmed by seasonal over population ... quality of life destroyed by the locusts that are these visitors. To make it even worse ... many of these visitors forget that they are guests in their host towns and act like they own the place. They have the attitude that we locals should kiss their asses for their dollars.