When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean

Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by dagw on Friday May 24, 2019 @06:46AM (#20000192)

Queueing to take photos of the changing of the guard or that kind of stuff is touristy.

Which part do you oppose the most? The queuing, the photo taking, or the finding of the changing of the guards an amusing spectacle worth seeing once in your life. If there's no queue and I don't take any pictures, is it still "touristy"?

The bottom line is that most "touristy" stuff became touristy because it was a kind of cool/unique/fun/interesting thing to see/do. I agree that if there's a long queue you have to balance how much time you want to spend against the value of the thing you'll see.

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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by tim333 on Friday May 24, 2019 @12:24PM (#20003097)

I'm not opposing anything. I'm happy enough for people to do touristy stuff and do it myself sometimes.

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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by LaGrange on Friday May 24, 2019 @07:11AM (#20000296)

> Which part do you oppose the most?

The one where you lift property prices so high that nobody can live in the city centres anymore.

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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by dagw on Friday May 24, 2019 @07:18AM (#20000333)

The tourists waiting to see the changing of the guards are not driving London property prices.

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Re:When we say “Everest is crowded,” this is what we mean by LaGrange on Friday May 24, 2019 @09:46AM (#20001382)

They definitely do in Amsterdam, and in London that might be different purely because y'all have an even bigger mess on other fronts, somehow.

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