• pelespirit@sh.itjust.works
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    I can’t get over your sense of entitlement on this. You think everyone is healthy enough to ride a bike and be excluded from the amazing views and experiences of national and state parks because they’re poor and drive a car? You are in a bubble. I’m glad you like bikes and feel that sense of superiority when you don’t have to pay parking. The point is, the commons have to be paid for.

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        So you think the people using a common good and doing the most damage to it should not pay for that use? Why should the poor people without cars, the people who aren’t able to bike or drive, pay for your visit?

        Because that’s what our taxes are for. That’s what we’re paying for, the commons. Drivers licenses, car registrations, etc., yeah sure, I can see why we pay for that.

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            IMO, they should have made out of state people pay more and Washington State residents pay nothing, like they do in Hawaii.

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                I guess we’re going to disagree. We were poor when this law was implemented. It was pretty hard on us.

                Edit, btw, this is what we pay too, lol.

                Tourists have to buy day passes or a discovery pass in Washington. Day passes are $11.50/day.

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        … You are the one who jumped from:

        Cougar attacks are a legitimate concern for hikers and bikers.

        (which is absolutely a true statement)

        to…:

        Oh yeah? 10,000 bicyclists get attacked by Cougars each year in National Parks?

        SOURCE PLEASE!

        Bro you astonishingly hyperbolized and strawmanned pele and then got mad about shit you made up in your head that they didn’t say.

        This is the most twitter brained ‘discussion style’ I’ve seen on lemmy in a while.

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      TIL I am entitled for being too poor to ever learn to drive.

      Fortunately I live in the UK so it is pretty easy. Grew up in a small town, easy to get anywhere in under 15 mins by bike.

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        Do you understand how far everything is in the US and how much there is a lack of public transportation? Again, you are acting entitled because you have an amazing infrastructure that we don’t have.

        The US, Washington State specifically, is incredibly gorgeous but these amazing parks are 4 hours away from Seattle by car sometimes. It would probably take you days to get within 2 hours distance with public transportation.

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          The “amazing infrastructure” I used to get to the shops included an unpaved road and muddy track along with having to carry my bike over a fence depending on the route I took. But there was a short section of road that didn’t have that many holes in it once I got to the middle of town.