The town of Hershey, Pennsylvania, is unique because industrialist Milton S. Hershey built it as a model community designed entirely around the well-being of his workers. Unlike the exploitative "company towns" typical of the early 20th century, Hershey envisioned a thriving, self-sustaining village complete with tree-lined streets, affordable housing, excellent infrastructure, and rich cultural opportunities. Today, his profound philanthropic blueprint continues to govern and fund the town's major institutions. The transformation of Hershey, Pennsylvania, from a quiet trolley-park town into a world-class destination resulted from a deliberate shift in the 1970s from a local picnic ground to a fully gated, highly commercialized theme park ecosystem. By systematically transitioning its properties to cater to regional vacationers and global roller coaster enthusiasts...
I take you on my journey to both local and international destinations and show how to plan trips to those places.
