The Republican National Convention promised an economic boost, but Milwaukee is looking a bit quiet.
The Republican National Convention ( RNC ) has , quite literally , scared people away .
The huge citywide event , which started on July 15 , is currently taking stead inMilwaukeeand is ready to end today , July 18 . While it boasted a Brobdingnagian externalise boost in the local tourism and economy , it has reportedly made Milwaukee residents run for the hills .
" I do n’t really need to be around for that circus , " Luna Volperossa , a Milwaukee occupant who temporarily escaped to Guatemala , toldTMJ4 . Another resident thought it best to head to a cabin in Bevent , Wisconsin . " I wanted to avoid all the chaos , " they narrate the Milwaukee - based tidings and television place . " I live in Washington DC for eight years , so I ’m well versed in the , you know , surety and all that goes into effect like this . "
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A fast look onsocial mediaconfirms the " temporary ghost town " claims . " The RNC is underway and it looks like everyone else has left town , " says the bill poster of a TikTok showing a semi - derelict city . " This is a picture I accept from the Third Ward — This is the eating place and bar territory usually bustle during the summertime . It was a ghost town on Monday . "
The poster then note that while it is admittedly 3 pm and very hot outdoors , it is still strange that there are so many parking position useable in the arena , which is usually very jammed . The same goes for available outside tables at eatery and parallel bars . " Nobody is eat up outdoors , " they say in the picture . " All the restaurants are pretty much empty . "
Another TikTok backs up the same compass point . " RNC Milwaukee checkpoint , " reads the picture ’s overtext . The user then shows a very softly meddlesome checkpoint before the next magazine where a abandoned fenced - off street appears . " It ’s eerie out here , " reads the television ’s caption .
Viral social medium videos and local testimonies seem to be in utter demarcation to what the RNC organizers predicted . PerFox News , the metropolis ’s visitor centre of attention expected the convening to wreak in an economic rise of $ 200 million , and that the official numbers might even really be higher than that . The RNC itself promise Brobdingnagian affluence to Milwaukee for the result , and announced that it was expecting 50,000 guests from across the US to join .
