I am not someone who judges off of color. It's culture to me. Plenty of times I let white people cross the street and they never wave, I'll let a black family go and they all say thank you and smile. Obviously it's not that cut and dry, I'm just saying it comes down to the person and not the skin.
Recently my state has began to turn away people from our beautiful parks. They are massive if that tells you anything and absolutely perfect for anyone. Biking, walking, fishing, you name it.
Well today I drove up and felt like I was in a South Park episode. Park rangers shutting the roads down and turning people away. I asked "What's going on?" and they replied "It's too full!". As I pulled into a parking lot to turn back - I noticed that none of the plates were from my state. I couldn't believe it. About 80% of them were out of state.
Later that day I drove back and was allowed in, still there was nearly no parking. Again - 70% of the plates were from out of state, and this is the part that had me laughing because I couldn't believe it.....
People sitting on their trunks with spanish / rap music BLARING. Trash and shit left where they had their cookout. Speeding through the lots or just stopping in the middle of the street holding up traffic to go and chat with their buddies.
This park once used to be quiet. Never this full. MAYBE on the first nice day of spring. But not like this. Not one lick on English. All Spanish.
Maybe my frustration comes from my clear lack of understanding? Where did they come from? Is it the lockdown that is driving them here, will this end when everything opens back up? Why are tax payers of the state being turned away for people out of state to come in and litter and occupy the park?
It's not entitlement, either. My community has quite literally been over-run and no one seems to know what to do. Everyone is afraid to speak up....
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