teabagalomaniac

teabagalomaniac t1_ja0w2uu wrote

I gave up car camping years ago. These days I only backpack. What you said about preservation is exactly right. They are prioritizing preservation over hiker and camper experience. That's my whole gripe with their method of operations. I don't buy the argument that hikers and backpackers are the greatest threat to the wilderness, it's clearly development. I also don't buy the argument that there is a positive correlation between the number of visitors that a trail can handle and the budget for the forest service. I think the forest service spends more on enforcement than they do on managing trails.

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teabagalomaniac t1_j4pj10o wrote

It really shouldn't require a study. Unfortunately, in the wild many people have observed a correlation between rising rents and new construction. If an area has become more desirable to live in, for some exogenous reason, then rents are likely to increase while new construction is likely to also occur. This doesn't mean that the new construction is driving the rent increases, it's actually likely that it's the other way around, but they do happen at roughly the same time. In fact, it should be easy to imagine that if the exogenous demand increase occurred and new housing was prohibited how rent increases might be even larger than they otherwise would be.

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teabagalomaniac t1_ix2flrm wrote

If the weather is good, you can just drive the civic. There are two routes from the Seattle area over to Leavenworth, I-90 to Blewitt Pass, or over Stevens Pass. I would generally favor the Snoqualmie to Blewitt route in winter, but weather conditions could make the optimal route situational.

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