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I know quite a few people who went or were going this year. It's pretty expensive to go. There's the event ticket, but most people also need a plane ticket, as

I know quite a few people who went or were going this year. It's pretty expensive to go. There's the event ticket, but most people also need a plane ticket, as well as special provisions for food and lodging. It can easily be a $2000-$3000 trip. It seems a little hypocritical to have an event that seems to want to have some kind of a hippie/grassroots appeal, yet is so inaccessible to most people. I'm sure it's an awesome wild party, but now, there are people going there and spending $45K on accomodations, I heard. Building temporary houses with AC and such. Gentrification of the desert?

ejr 12y ago
That's awful! It certainly does seem like the Gentrification of the desert as I don't see how any of the hippies I know could afford to go - it's a bit outside my range as well. Where I live right now that's more than a month's rent. I can't imagine a hippie building a house just to be comfortable for an event considering there are quite a few that have lived for years in little more than outhouses on wheels.
- johnny22 12y ago
  some of that has always been the case. getting to nevada is never gonna be that cheap if you don't live there already. It's also a desert. So you definitely have to be properly prepared, like making sure you have enough water. I don't think a lot of folks are used to handling those kinds of conditions