Quote:
It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future.
—Yogi Berra
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This lower-crowd circumstance will continue as long as:
1) Present trends continue (boat prices, bigger boats, bigger wakes, fewer summer rentals, bigger but unused homes, diminishing lakewater quality, serious flips, serious collisions, alcohol, drownings, Bike Week fatalities, Lakes Region crime/drug increases, sleaze, editorials, forums, media, talk-radio, raised boater consciousness, economic pressures for change.) It didn't help when the New Hampshire Marine Patrol said, "21-foot Bow Riders Were The Problem".
2) There are no totally new "surprises".
Quote:
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Originally Posted by Dave R
"...Oddly, they cited the economic health as one of the reasons for the proposed speed limit. It would be kinda ironic if they actaully caused the economic downturn through hype in their attempt to "educate" us.
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They were sponsored by a great many local businesses who saw that
no change would bring a downturn in business
for them.
In this forum, you'll find a 2003 quote that appears prescient while we view today's "Lower Crowds":
Quote:
"...The MP works for the governor, and, like the marinas that are all so "pro-power", the govenor is on the side of the element that brings in the most cash. The only way that things will change on this lake are;
a) the lake gets SO bad that people stop coming with their dollars.
b) the silent majority organizes and gains more political influence than the marina's and business and thereby forces change..."
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Maybe what we're looking at IS the future: Fewer crowds bringing in more money.
The lake belongs to them.