Fudgies! I'm very familiar with this term. When I was a little girl my family spent a number of summers in a cottage on Mackinac Island, Michigan, and we knew fudgies. They were the tourists who arrived on the first morning ferry and left on the last ferry out at the end of the day (not spending the night, no) and they would buy...fudge. There were bunches of fudge shops on the island. Along with the other tourist stuff, sure, but fudge was the number one commodity back in the day.
Wow - that discussion really took me back.
Welcome to the forum Janet.
You're probably gonna get a lotta responses to this, but here's my 2 cents …
My home state is Arizona. In January, after the holidays, we are inundated with escapees from cold climes. Midwest and East. They clog our roads with extra traffic, and usually drive slower than the norm. We call them "snowbirds."
When Arizonans escape to CA in the heat of Summer, we're known as "zonies."
We need to find something more specific for the ones who come to Arizona for particular commodities, like Mackinac's "fudgies". What can we call the people who head for Holbrook, world capital of sawed-in-half geodes?
Geodies?
Nahhh ... they're already called "rock hounds" I think, but I suspect you're looking for something more demeaning.
I understand that many people buy the geodes for their "crystal power" (it's a "new age" thing). There's a shop up in Sedona that specializes in that stuff, and even sells maps to where the best "psychic vortices" are located.
So maybe just "new ager," which I personally consider a demeaning label.
Reminds me of an old joke ... Q: What do you get when you play new age music backwards? A: new age music.
Tang/Spam: I remember Treet quite well, and of course so much Spam was involved in military rations that the government actually warned people not to send it in packages to the troops as they had a plentiful supply (plus it was rationed to civilians and that would cut into their dietary needs).
High school cliques: A major one around here are kickers. These are (generally playing) cowboys. They are typically driving pick-ups that have never seen a day's work in their lives, and the same can usually be said about their drivers. The name comes from their habit of kicking clods or manure to give their boots the appearance of being used for ranch work. They are most prevalent in small towns where the high schools may actually have rodeo as an extra-curricular sports activity, which is about as close to real ranching as most of them get.
Tourists: They are generally just passing through and rarely even stop, therefore no name has evolved. The old US 82 has been downgraded to state 56 forming the south edge of the courthouse square and the new US 82 grazes the north edge of the town limits, feeding nothing into town itself. A few might visit Sam Rayburn's house and library - well worth the stop as Rayburn was the last Speaker of the House not to become a millionaire (or multi-) in office - but that's about it for attractions.