Go to the Smoky Mountains National Park. Great place.
Throughout the park are empty houses from the people who used to live there but were forced off by our Federal Govt.
In many cases it was done with very little compensation.
Been there. When did this become about eminent domain? This was about existing national parks.
I agree. I was there for the first time a couple of years ago. Unfortunately, right outside the park is tacky Gatlinburg and not far from there the even more deplorable Pigeon Forge. Yeccchhh! I hate to think of that kind of crap working its way up the mountain.
Go to the Smoky Mountains National Park. Great place.
Throughout the park are empty houses from the people who used to live there but were forced off by our Federal Govt.
In many cases it was done with very little compensation.
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Before switching to Electrical Engineering in my senior year of college - I was a Forest Technology major ...
Had to take A LOT of Recreation Management courses - before you spout off about the government control of the parks, you MIGHT want to read the history and the legislative battles over them ...
My quesion is - do you think the parks are a good thing ???
If yes - then DON’T disparage the government control over them ...
In the 1800’s, private interests AND some of the states/territories wanted conrol of the parks. They wanted PROFITS - strip mining, cattle grazing, timber, etc.
IMAGINE what Yellowstone would look like today if they had gotten their hands on it ... Armageddon !!!
BTW: Those cabins you talk about in the parks ... Most of them were family properties that were paid for through Eminent Domain - BUT ALSO, the people living there were USUALLY grandfathered in until they died AND they DID NOT have to pay taxes AFTER the original transfer occurred ...