Saturday, October 11, 2014

It's Day Three of showing off our downtown to people who didn't come to see it.


Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
-- Jiddu Krishnamurti

Speaking of tradition, guesstimating Harvest Homecoming's attendance figures is a time-honored ritual. It usually comes a la mode with extra fudge, and is prone to much the same exaggeration as the 47 Bud Light Limes consumed by one Swill Walker.

Take it away, Bluegill:
The numbers game is a pretty lousy way to judge the success or failure of a festival's mission anyway but: The Louisville Metro Statistical Area is made up of 14 counties In KY and IN, population approximately 1.3 million. No one, including Harvest Homecoming officials, really believes that almost 40% of that entire population shows up for the festival. Yet, when HH folks cite an attendance number of 500,000 to justify nearly everything, it goes unquestioned. Think just about parking for a moment, a big deal during the festival since most attendees drive: If each car averages three occupants, that's over 166,000 cars, more than twice the population of Floyd County.

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