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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by dominotw on Sunday September 11, 2016 @11:00AM (#12473676)
> while dozens of surrounding National Monuments and National Parks and National Forests (mostly free to visit), are often nearly devoid of visitors.

My parents went to grand canyon couple of years ago on their yearly 1 week off from work. they wanted to see the grand canyon . Most people I would imagine don't live in a RV or have all the time in the world to explore smaller parks.

I find it that whenever someone generalizes a population they are often talking about poor or lower middle-class people. sorry, 'average American' doesn't live idyllic RV lifestyle .

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Re:Why Do Tourists Visit Ancient Ruins Everywhere Except the... by SwellJoe on Sunday September 11, 2016 @03:09PM (#12475042)
"sorry, 'average American' doesn't live idyllic RV lifestyle ."

I think this comment ignors a huge swath of people living in RVs. Most of the people living on BLM and National Forest land in RVs do so as much out of necessity as desire.

Living in an RV is cheaper than living in a house or apartment, and most of my friends who live in RVs are extremely poor; well below the poverty line in many cases.

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