> Bluntly, the US population has mostly grown to the point where we are regularly having to deal with the fact that some things and experiences are just limited.
This is the bigger problem. Not just US population, but world population has grown enormously, and is richer, and travel is cheaper. So there are exponentially more people arriving at tourist destinations that a hundred years ago received only a handful of people a week.
I've been mulling over the colonial era privileges that people expect to be able to have. But with a greater population, especially a wealthier population, the old timey vacation that everyone imagines just isn't possible. This disparity is part of the loss felt by those with privilege.
This is the bigger problem. Not just US population, but world population has grown enormously, and is richer, and travel is cheaper. So there are exponentially more people arriving at tourist destinations that a hundred years ago received only a handful of people a week.
Look at Everest. Total clusterfuck.
https://s.abcnews.com/images/Nightline/190531_ntl_climber_01...