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So the answer to beautiful mountain towns, is to destroy the beauty so we can build on it and remove the reason people come to visit/escape? mmmkay

• seattle_spring 6y ago
  This argument has always bothered me too. I'd rather a place be relatively inaccessible but great, rather than accessible but shitty.
  • supernovae 6y ago
    after i wrote it, it occurred to me that the problem is we should build more cities/towns that allow people to live HAPPY lives - so that traveling isn't an escape from reality - but a recognition of the charm/character as something to experience for what it is. I hope we don't lose those mountain town charms to sky scrapers and apartment complexes... I think if we can address what makes cities livable for EVERYONE who lives in them, then travel is for experiencing foreign ideas, concepts and cultures and not "escaping the reality of cities and using my wealth to get what i want" kinda thing
  • throwaway6734 6y ago
    How do you decide who gets to live in the great places?
    • seattle_spring 6y ago
      Unfortunately I don't have a good answer, but no matter the answer I believe strongly that if it's good for some but not for others, it's still better than "bad for all." This extends beyond housing.