Clicky for articleI'm not sure I agree with the OP that CO residents are resenting vacationers. As someone who lives in one of those bustling mountain towns, an awful lot of the growth in tourism is from people coming up from the Front Range. Traffic in and out of Denver has gotten so horrendous on the weekends, many people are choosing to stay for a night or two in the resort towns. (If you read the article, they don't mention RV's or camping, but rather the occupancy rates of motels). When we go out for our weekly dinner date night on Friday or Saturday, we usually find ourselves next to people from the Front Range communities more that from other states. Go to the Hot Springs pool and talk to the people in the pool next to you and you'll often find they're from the Denver area. Around 2000 people a week are moving to Colorado, and once they get here, they want to go to the mountains and recreate.
I'm sure every generation has noticed the growth during their lifetimes. I remember when Dillon had one building -- a combination gas station, grocery store, restaurant. Nothing else. Now it's a little city in the mountains.
Come or stay away, it doesn't matter to us. We get no income directly or indirectly. But do read the article and realize it's about occupancy rates in the motels, not at the CG's (although it's getting tougher to get a camping spot anymore, and as a native, I know where the out of the way places are!)
