Ahh, bollocks (sort of)! Romania...one of the last cool places on earth that isn't full of idiots. Oh well, gotta go find somewhere else again. *packs of dogs can be a pain....especially whilst cycling.
Are you...upset at nature preservation?
Group buys up large tracts of land in Romania to create 'European Yellowstone'
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#22Visiting Romania :) Living in Romania :(
I beg to differ
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#23Re: Group buys up large tracts of land in Romania to create 'European Yellowstone'
#24Maybe they can create one without all the traffic.
I haven't been to Yellowstone so maybe this doesn't make sense, but is there a reason they couldn't implement the same system as Zion? During most of the year the main road in Zion is closed to private cars, and everyone uses the (very good) shuttle system, or bikes or walks.
I did a trip through a bunch of national parks recently, and was thinking why the hell isn't there some sort of organised transit - be it shuttle busses, or trains for the capacity. The amount of space wasted for parking in a nature preserve was crazy, not to mention all the infrastructure for the traffic jams.
Then went to Grand Canyon and Zion and saw they have shuttles which are sometimes exclusive (if the shuttle is operating you cannot take the road), which makes so much more sense, and even allows for more flexibility (you can go on a hike which is out, and not have to walk back the same way but hop on the shuttle bus).
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#25Earlier quoted context omitted.
Are you...upset at nature preservation?
No, US-American tourists
As a frequent reader of r/europe, Americans have FAR from the worst reputation for tourists within Europe, it's not even close.
At least among larger countries, they might actually have a better than average rep.
Re: Group buys up large tracts of land in Romania to create 'European Yellowstone'
#26Private money is what kicked off the National Parks system in the US. Glad to see this happening anywhere. I hope it stays in the public trust though.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I haven't been to Yellowstone so maybe this doesn't make sense, but is there a reason they couldn't implement the same system as Zion? During most of the year the main road in Zion is closed to private cars, and everyone uses the (very good) shuttle system, or bikes or walks.
I did a trip through a bunch of national parks recently, and was thinking why the hell isn't there some sort of organised transit - be it shuttle busses, or trains for the capacity. The amount of space wasted for parking in a nature preserve was crazy, not to mention all the infrastructure for the traffic jams. Then went to Grand Canyon and Zion and saw they have shuttles which are sometimes exclusive (if the shuttle…
I don't know why it isn't more common, especially when most parks have a relatively short main road/loop that 90% of visitors never leave. Yosemite for example has a great bus system that goes everywhere you need, except that they don't block private cars so the buses constantly get stuck in traffic. I think the exclusive shuttles at Zion are relatively new, so maybe it will spread to more parks in the future.
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#28> European Yellowstone
That makes it sound like national parks were invented in the USA and there are no national parks in Europe ... So when a new store opens outside of the US it's called European Wallmart?
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#29Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, US-American tourists
As a frequent reader of r/europe, Americans have FAR from the worst reputation for tourists within Europe, it's not even close. At least among larger countries, they might actually have a better than average rep.
Better than who out of curiosity?
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
No, US-American tourists
As a frequent reader of r/europe, Americans have FAR from the worst reputation for tourists within Europe, it's not even close. At least among larger countries, they might actually have a better than average rep.
I'd love to see the research behind that. I don't know where Americans rank, but I wouldn't guess we rank high.