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Our Boundless Love for Big Sur May Be Killing It
- evmar 2y agoThis article is as good a place as any to share a story on this topic. A friend from early in my career went on to become a fancy tech executive. They invited me to a party at their house in SF that included some of their fancy tech executive friends. At some point I inserted myself into a conversation they were having about buying homes in Big Sur: "But isn't it quite a long drive from here?" They answered: "Oh, it's not so long if you take a helicopter." The lives of the fancy are beyond my imagination!
- toastercat 2y agoHey, it's like that scene in The Big Short where Mark Baum talks to the CDO Manager. "We're not in the Merrill Lynch building, we're in New Jersey" "You're 20 minutes away" "Well 5 if you use a helicopter"
- tracerbulletx 2y agoAn important component of the beauty of the Pacific coast is how relatively empty and rural it is. When that changes, the entire vibe will be dead. Also don't tell anyone about the Oregon coast.
- throw_that_away 2y agoIt's already getting packed there too. If you knew about it for the past 20 years, you know the last 3 have been insane.
- throwup238 2y agoHas the water moratorium been lifted?
- deepfriedchokes 2y agoOregon is terrible. It’s cold and the locals are unfriendly. Don’t come here.
- droopyEyelids 2y agoOregon can be genuinely unfriendly to people of color though right?
- deepfriedchokes 2y agoEvery state has racists, even the liberal ones. Racism is universal.
- droopyEyelids 2y agoI'm talking about certain states, like Idaho, Wyoming, and east Oregon being racist meccas, where they have encouraged migration of like minded individuals, and have become a politically dominant force in their regions. That is a lot different than the universal background racism.
- genocidicbunny 2y agoEast of the cascades, absolutely, especially as you get closer to Idaho. Lets just say, I've never had a family in the middle of their dinner loudly ask for the waitress to move them away from the table me and my indian and asian friends just sat down at until I stopped by a restaurant on my way to Bend. And then being 'gently' told by the waitress that we might want to try a different restaurant instead, while completely avoiding eye contact with anyone not white at our table.
- Modified3019 2y agoFor real though, the massive amount of pollen (trees in spring, grass in early-mid summer) in the Willamette valley is a legit reason for people to never move here.
- david-ds 2y agoHa, the Oregon coast is indeed pretty. But the lack of well paying jobs & expensive housing is really, really hurting locals. Many people can't even find an affordable rental.
- Uptrenda 2y agoHN needs filters to block pay walled shit. This is getting old.
- reducesuffering 2y agoSome combination of FireFox, uBlock Origin, and Bypass Paywalls extensions made it not appear for me.
- deepsun 2y agoI know a hack to avoid it, it's only $4.25/week.
- MrVandemar 2y agoOne of the most damaging things you can do to any place is build a road to it.
- wustangdan 2y agoIs a place really beautiful if no one ever gets to see it?
- defrost 2y agoWhy is a road necessary for a people to see a place? I grew up in a beautiful area of the world with no "road access" - boat, camel, air, horse, walk, off road bike with long range tank, yes. Marked road, convential car access - no.
- orwin 2y agoYou can also walk there. The best beaches in my areas are the ones that need a 20+ minute walk through a forest to reach. Even though every locals know about them, they aren't as crowed as more accessible beaches.
- benjaminfh 2y agoThe next worst is to popularise its beauty on Instagram :’( . As a hobbyist landscape photog I have a complicated relationship with this
- OuterVale 2y agohttps://archive.is/fNzkJ https://archive.is/fNzkJ