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>There's like a weird need for there to be a gate with a ranger taking entrance fees and such, for someone in the US to want to see and experience a place. Or
by atheg33 10y ago
>There's like a weird need for there to be a gate with a ranger taking entrance fees and such, for someone in the US to want to see and experience a place.
Or is the exact opposite true?
Perhaps the United States Government does a poor job of promoting their most breathtaking parks, and only creates parking lots and ticket takers once there is the financial incentive to do so (because the general public decides they want to amass there for any particular reason)?
- ethanbond 10y agoYellowstone, Yosemite, and the Grand Canyon are among the most beautiful pieces of land probably in the world and certainly in the country. Just because there's other pretty, lesser known stuff around does not make these things any less spectacular.
- firebones 10y agoNo, it's because the breathtaking places are breathtaking for a reason, and the infrastructure built up around them before is still relevant now. I'm not discounting how wonderful, say, a national forest is, but the areas deemed a national park are classified that for a reason. Often that reason may simply reflect where the water is, and how the wildlife follows that water.