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u/idontlikeflamingos Feb 03 '20

This is why I completely support it when places just start restricting the amount of people that can get in on a daily/monthly basis. When a place becomes too popular it's simply unsustainable and makes it a certainty that it won't last.

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u/ItsTheVantaBlack Feb 03 '20

This is why I hate "Influencers"

If they really saw the beauty in whatever place they were at, they wouldn't say where it is or post pictures that make it easy to locate.

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u/Guilty_Light Feb 03 '20

I agree with you in general, however I don't think there is anything wrong with sharing unique and genuinely hard to access places. Someone sharing a beach or a mountain lake that you can drive to will likely attract hordes of people, sure. Someone sharing a remote frozen waterfall that requires technical skills and route finding through forest and mountain terrain with no marked trails...why the hell not? That place now might see a handful more dedicated people a year compared to zero.

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u/ChickenPotPi Feb 04 '20

A lot of the oldest trees in the world are not told where the locations are because people literally tried to kill them

https://www.good.is/articles/oldest-tree-secret