I enjoy the outdoors and think it's important to preserve natural habitats.
I hate to say it, I do see the other side.
Everyone loves to go on vacations and be tourists, but they hate it when it happens in the areas they like.
We overrun tons of areas for fun all over the world, and I'm sure the associated development really pissed off a lot of locals and environmentalists.
All the people in Canmore live in a town that disturbs the valley they are trying to protect. Their house, road, sewer and water systems all were of great impact to the area. But that was ok, as long as they are the last one in and no one develops any more.
I wouldn't say a casino and convention centre are necessarily more inherently evil than the massive amounts of housing development in the area.
I think we need to be smart about it, but trying to say no more development anywhere pretty just doesn't work with an increasing population and increasing tourism.
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