Salem in October

Living in Salem during Halloween season sounds like living inside a crowd for a month. The nun on stilts as a regular busker got me, and the fact that it's now a bachelorette trip destination is such a specific kind of tourism creep. I love a good autumn town, but I also love walking home without a costumed crowd in the way. #salem #halloween https://www.npr.org/2026/10/30/nx-s1-6011072/heres-what-its-like-to-live-in-salem-mass-during-the-halloween-tourism-season