Post #2194448

2026-04-25 13:11 UTC

There are so many places that without tourism, there isn't a reason to be there. I drive the Western US pretty thoroughly and the difference between small towns where tourists go, and those that have nothing, is stark. They love to complain about it, and hate on tourists, but damn do they want that money. You go am hour down the road and get to the next town and it's dead, no grocery stores, no real business, most the main streets are boarded up from failed attempts at building something. People are fucking stupid, you have have some reason your town exists, or you end up with those towns in Wyoming I drive through that have 20 population, and won't last another generation.

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@0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2026-04-25 14:47

What a strange take. The people that run businesses are almost never the entirety of the town. If they are, you're likely in a theme park or a carnival. And of course the businesses want your money. Have you interacted with someone that doesn't run a business there?

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@baines@lemmy.cafe 2026-04-25 15:52

once again the common brain dead take it never fails this idiot right here is why locals hate tourists

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@happydoors@lemmy.world 2026-04-26 01:23

Reminds me of when I ran into some international students and they asked me “what is in Indiana? Who would ever live there?” Sometimes people just are born or end up places and social ties, debt, or whatever keeps them there. Moving is easy for some, remarkably hard for others.

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@FudgyMcTubbs@lemmy.world 2026-04-27 09:22

Man, I had to drive from Cody to Casper back in 2013 or so.... Shoshoni Wyoming looks like the zombie apocalypse already came and went. Like holy shit, what did those folks do to deserve to be stuck living there?

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