[editor-surveyor]

"I wonder what part of the Eastern Sierra you're talking about."

I'm talking about the area from Sonora pass down to Mamoth Lakes. Most of the commercial activity is fake art and souveniers. Get them snazzy picture rugs and Elvis clocks, etc. I had to spend a week in Mammoth Lakes a few years ago to do a survey of the fire sprinkler system in the attic of the Sierra Lodge for a construction defect law suit. Everything around there caters either to yuppie skiers, or trinket sales. The only saving grace of the place was Cervino's restaurant.

[liberallarry]

You didn't notice that Mammoth Lakes is a trendy, upscale, resort town far different than the rest of the area? You didn't notice that ranching and mining - which were the mainstays of the area for nearly a century - have almost disappeared, leaving the local population (mostly decendents of the original settlers) - with the exception of Bishop and a very few other places - dependent upon tourism? You didn't notice that the drug problem has seriously affected the local kids because the economics are so bad and because they come from families ill-prepared to handle this kind of situation?

Not much of an observer are you?

Actually, none of this has anything to do with the original article and you care nothing about the Eastern Sierra. You just posted your crap to try and discredit me.

You are really dishonourable.