“National parks are the best idea we ever had. Absolutely American, absolutely democratic, they reflect us at our best rather than our worst.”
– Wallace Stegner
Welcome to another edition of America’s Best Idea: Negative Online Reviews of National Parks. This edition looks at America’s strong opinions of Yosemite National Park. About the size of Rhode Island, Yosemite sees around 4 million visitors per year. John Muir once described Yosemite National Park as, “by far the grandest of all the special temples of Nature I was ever permitted to enter.” And the majority of the people who visit each year probably agree. But there are always a few contrarians—people who can find something negative (or absurd, or nonsensical) to say about anything. Now, does Yosemite National Park struggle with overcrowding, traffic jams, long waits for parking, and expensive amenities? Absolutely. And many online reviewers of Yosemite National Park were able to distinguish between the natural beauty of Yosemite and the struggles it faces. But some…well, just read on.
1. Unimpressed by Yosemite
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2. Gotta check Facebook
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3. Bigfoot in Yosemite National Park?
4. But still three stars?
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5. Nothing special to see here…
6. Yosemite has deli issues
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7. Would love to hear this story
8. Not totally inaccurate…still
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9. Sorry what?
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10. This person was never seen again
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11. Very strong feelings about Yosemite
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12. Well, that’s not Yosemite’s fault
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13. Apparently it’s also easy to lose punctuation
14. No words for this one…?.
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