I don't mean this in a hand-wringing "development is good" sort of way at all, but Jasper is extrodinarily different from the other fire towns in that it's an obvious tourist destination. Whether that makes it feasable to rebuild or not I have zero idea. What was the figure on the other lost towns? 9 billion or something? I can't even fathom what Jasper would cost.
I wonder what that drive is going to look like once this fire is out. We make the trip to Jasper every few years and it's without doubt my favourite drive on the planet.
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