From: dogar@rtsg.mot.com (Haroon H. Dogar)
Subject: Vail again (was: Ms. Information and the Humor Challenged (was: Something about Vail))
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 17:26:38 GMT

eugene@wilbur.nas.nasa.gov (Eugene N. Miya) writes:

>>trzyna@CS.ColoState.EDU (wayne trzyna) writes:
>>> I can't understand why anyone would ski Vail, for the same reason I
>>> don't understand why anyone would live on the East or West coasts.

>I can understand.  Sort of.

>It's a status symbol to some people.
>Correction, It's THE status symbol to some people.
>Skiing is a status symbol to some people.

>It's a place where people can throw their money around for a while.
>It is a goal, or objective, a passion for their lives.

>It's a place where you can "rub elbows" with Robin Leach and the Lifestyles
>of the Rich and Famous.

>It has some nice snow and some nice terrain.

Why is the Honda Accord the most popular car in the States?

Few people that I've met have complained of having a bad time at Vail.
If I'm going to venture out of the Midwest [East Coast people who complain
too much should visit the ski "hills" of Southern Wisconsin/Northern 
Illinois :-)]  and blow a wad o'cash in a strange state with strange
customs, then I'm going to go to a place that is "safe." No, I don't
drive a Honda [Subaru--just as bad :-)] and I don't eat at McDonald's,
and after I've been to a few "name" resorts in Colorado I'll be visiting
you guys in Utah, Idaho and Oregon [but never Squaw :-)]. But at first,
I'm going to stick with what is safe [anyone at Vail the week before
Holiday Season rates kick in, look for a pumped Punjabi with a bad
attitude :-) [I know, how baaad can you really look in a Subaru? :-)]



>Chris Webster made some point that that place is fake.  Well so is Dizzyland
>and Dizzyworld and people like that.  It's like the EPCOT Center where
>different countries are represented.  And people whould like to do and
>see all this with their ski boots on.  For most Americans, it's cheaper than
>going to Europe.  


While on the topic of subjective recommendations, what is the collective
net wisdom regarding Europe? Almost (:-)) everyone seems to agree that
skiing the rockies is preferable to skiing the East Coast. Is there a
similar consensus regarding the rockies vs. Europe? The U.S. Ski magazines
do rankings of the North American resorts, but what about the rest of
the world? What's the best area on the planet? Is it in North America,
South America, Australia/New Zealand, Europe? 

I've heard a lot of horror
stories about crazy lift line behavior and generally arrogant and obnoxious
staff at European resorts [Hans goes to the Hospital, Haroon goes to jail?
not a fun vacation :-)]. Is this generally true or is it limited to certain
European countries only? [Now someone's gonna flame me for confusing the
Swiss and Germans with the French and Italians because of my inferior
U.S. education. Trust me, my U.S. education was plenty Eurocentric, it's
just that you white folks all look the same to me :-) [oops. was that not PC?
sorry.] Hey, how many of you Europeans can differentiate a Texan from an Ootan
from a Chicagoan from a Coloradan from a New Yorker?].

-hd
Dogaran da Putt


>I'm not quite certain what Chris means by a linear city.
>I thought the Bay Area was filled with linear cities.  And frankly if you
>are in the computer biz, it would SEEM some what silly not to live in the
>Santa Clara Valley (but hey, most of you don't, and I'm glad of that, then
>most readers are more computer users than developers).

>Vail is a fine resort.							3.0
>Part I of II.

>--eugene miya, NASA Ames Research Center, eugene@orville.nas.nasa.gov
>  Resident Cynic, Rock of Ages Home for Retired Hackers
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>A Ref: Mathematics and Plausible Reasoning, vol. 1, G. Polya
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