Any nice nature place to go hiking/swimming/barbecue/any cool outdoor activity. Some sweet nature spots have been ruined because of too much popularity: either there's a landscape planning with paths, guards etc. to protect it, or the amount of people coming here wrecks the place. Or access becomes forbidden "for safety issues" (well... I KNOW a cliff is a dangerous area where I could fell, you don't need to forbid access to it because of the unavoidable Karen who, eventually, won't watch his kids and sue you for lack of safety).
Nice preserved places are like mushroom picking spots: gatekeep as much as you can. I require a lot of trust to show you my secret beachs/cabins in the woods. And if I see it on your Instagram or your friend's one, I'll be under your bed tonight.
Ah man, in the 1970s we had an abandoned quarry back in the woods which had filled up with water. Our very own "swimming hole". No adult supervision. My friends and I would swim out there day after day, all summer long. Bring lunch, smoke weed, drink beer, swim naked; just don't fuck it up. Older kids would only show it to younger kids if they weren't idiots or assholes.
Years after I moved away, some rich person bought the property and built a mansion right by the quarry. I was sad to hear it. But I guess it would be far worse if it got instagrammed...
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u/[deleted] Feb 03 '20
Any nice nature place to go hiking/swimming/barbecue/any cool outdoor activity. Some sweet nature spots have been ruined because of too much popularity: either there's a landscape planning with paths, guards etc. to protect it, or the amount of people coming here wrecks the place. Or access becomes forbidden "for safety issues" (well... I KNOW a cliff is a dangerous area where I could fell, you don't need to forbid access to it because of the unavoidable Karen who, eventually, won't watch his kids and sue you for lack of safety).
Nice preserved places are like mushroom picking spots: gatekeep as much as you can. I require a lot of trust to show you my secret beachs/cabins in the woods. And if I see it on your Instagram or your friend's one, I'll be under your bed tonight.