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Originally Posted by sa meredith
I guess my point is this...this idea of having a place at the lake, and relaxing, and just loving those lazy days on the lake, and hard core water ski, and wake board days...this is not what is being discussed here. This core group of "lakers" will always be there. But to truely thrive, the lake has to drawn that family of 4, to come up, stay a full week, and be ready to dump $1500/$2000 into the local economy...week after week, month after month. And I don't think this is happening...independent of current economic conditions.
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Bingo.
Well stated.
It is the tourists who don't seem to be coming and staying like they used to, based on my admittedly limited opportunity to scope out the issue.
As for my alleged "agenda," that's a good one.
What possible agenda could I have?
You might think my agenda is "The West Is The Best," and while it is great here in PDX, the last thing I want is for more people to discover it and move out here.
No, direct them all to Laconia, and tell them to go jump in the lake.