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wtf r your favorite places to visit
« on: September 09, 2022, 04:49:43 PM »
Custard's comments made me think of this. I don't travel much anymore, so this might date me. When I did, there were a handful of places that I enjoyed being there. They may have changed quite a bit. I like a little wilderness with some laid back upscale amenities.

Estes Park CO
Gatlinburg TN
Lake Geneva WI
Tarpon Springs FL
Traverse City MI


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Re: wtf r your favorite places to visit
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2022, 11:41:42 PM »
All those places are still fresh but Lake Geneva is becoming a caricature of itself.  Most of the shops and eateries are run by Chicago area runaways doing their best to turn it into Chicago-lite. Gatlinburg is the same but at least you can get out to the edges and still see the good stuff. 
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Re: wtf r your favorite places to visit
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2022, 10:08:24 AM »
Quote from: illiniray on September 09, 2022, 04:49:43 PM
Custard's comments made me think of this. I don't travel much anymore, so this might date me. When I did, there were a handful of places that I enjoyed being there. They may have changed quite a bit. I like a little wilderness with some laid back upscale amenities.

Estes Park CO
Gatlinburg TN
Lake Geneva WI
Tarpon Springs FL
Traverse City MI
I've been to 2 of the places you listed, Estes Park and Gatlinburg. Greatly enjoyed the beauty of both of those places. I get to spend quite a bit of time in Colorado Springs with my mom and sister living there. Garden of the Gods is a great place in CS. Cripple Creek and Victor are local spots that are interesting with their history and old buildings. In general, almost all of Colorado is must see. I enjoy the Gunnison-Cripple Creek area with Colorado's largest lake and the Gunnison River for fishing. Plus go to Ouray and the Durango area. Love Jackson Hole area of Wyoming. Next place to visit is Montana, never been there but my nephew and his family live in Bozeman. A trip there has to be made soon. Anyone that has not seen the Grand Canyon needs to go and be amazed by the spectacular beauty and wonderful history.
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Re: wtf r your favorite places to visit
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2022, 11:09:45 AM »
The restaurants in Lake Geneva are horrible

No clue why... have many friends who's parents have lake houses and just ugh bad food every time we would go out

Gunnison wasn't much of a town when I would go to crested butte to snowboard  on spring break decades ago, glad to hear it's nicer now
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Re: wtf r your favorite places to visit
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2022, 03:07:46 PM »
Lake Geneva would be great if they strictly limited how many rich Chicagoans could show up.

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Re: wtf r your favorite places to visit
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2022, 10:40:47 PM »


Same guy thought Danville was better !
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« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2022, 10:42:53 PM »
Maybe smurph should open his Healdsburg estate to these poor folks ?
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2022, 04:17:20 PM »
Quote from: IlliniGolf on September 11, 2022, 10:42:53 PM
Maybe smurph should open his Healdsburg estate to these poor folks ?

When they could be lounging in the luxury of Q's Reno pad?
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« Reply #8 on: September 18, 2022, 03:56:18 PM »
Good times last night. My head hurts.







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Re: wtf r your favorite places to visit
« Reply #9 on: September 18, 2022, 04:23:17 PM »
That's a fun area. At least it was when I visited some years ago.
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Re: wtf r your favorite places to visit
« Reply #10 on: February 12, 2023, 08:27:55 AM »
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/12/lake-tahoe-resort-housing-crisis

‘Lake Tahoe has a people problem’: how a resort town became unlivable

Oh oh, Murph!
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« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2023, 09:35:57 AM »
This happens to every single area that's vacation-y nice and keeps building to accommodate because the market pushes it; eventually you get a run-up of people moving permanently, etc. None of the solutions are palatable because people want to simultaneously believe in principles that are in conflict.
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« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2023, 10:15:48 AM »
Europe. The two best vacations I’ve ever taken were two trips alone to Europe. The week I spent in Paris was probably the best week of my life. Love, Ireland too.
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« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2023, 11:29:16 AM »
Quote from: illinicalvin on February 12, 2023, 09:35:57 AM
This happens to every single area that's vacation-y nice and keeps building to accommodate because the market pushes it; eventually you get a run-up of people moving permanently, etc. None of the solutions are palatable because people want to simultaneously believe in principles that are in conflict.

Places like Aspen and Telluride are still somewhat quaint and spectacular.  They're hard to get to and very pricey which helps tamp down the numbers.

If you've never landed at Jackson Hole airport, it's worth doing.  I'd been to Teton/Yellowstone numerous times driving but was completely blown away by the absolute grandeur the first time I flew there.  Hint, figure out which direction your plane will be landing and get a window on the west side.
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« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2023, 01:13:16 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on February 12, 2023, 08:27:55 AM
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/12/lake-tahoe-resort-housing-crisis

‘Lake Tahoe has a people problem’: how a resort town became unlivable

Oh oh, Murph!

Spot on accurate. Regional income inequality is going to continue to cause some real headaches. COVID hit and people in the South Bay figured out that for 1/8th the cost of a Palo Alto home, they could get one in Tahoe, no brainer. Same thing happening in Sonoma County, SLO, etc... Similar issues in Summit County Colorado but Summit County is less land constrained and they are more amenable to larger condo buildings (it's really hard to build in Tahoe because the runoff from construction screws up the lake).
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