[UA] Pacific NW Clio sites

[Steve Dustin]

>From: Cassady Toles <Con_Job at excite.com>
>Reply-To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>To: ua at lists.uchicago.edu
>Subject: Re: [UA] Pacific NW Clio sites
>Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2000 15:57:52 -0700 (PDT)
>
>If it's truly famous, it generates a significant charge a day.  I don't
>think Bluff Creek qualifies.  To those people deeply concerned with 
>bigfoot,
>it's famous, otherwise, it isn't.

And that's the crux of my arguement.  What's the threshold?  I realize 
you've already mentioned the 1000 mile marker, but it's really how many 
people know, not how far away they are (if I read the rules right).  For 
example, Dealy Plaza gives off a significant charge.  But truth be know, I 
know a good section of people who wouldn't recognize Dealy Plaza.  You know 
it for two reasons: you're into JFK, or you're a conspiracy buff.  Ask the 
average joe on the street where Kennedy got shot and they'll say Dallas.  
So, if Dealy Plaza does give off a siggie a day, I'd say, Bluff Creek gives 
off a siggie a week or a month.

It's a judgement call, but I think that
>you really need something more people have heard of than not.  The
>metropolitan operahouse, Carnegie Hall, the Statue of Liberty, Graceland,
>Grand Central Station, Disneyland, Yellowstone, these places qualify.

But what historically ever happened at Carnegie Hall, Grand Central Station, 
Disneyland?  Is it just enough to be known?  If so, then wouldn't the 
Redwoods and the Grand Canyon give off siggies?  I thought it would have to 
be someplace *something* actually happened.

The fact that it's the most famous place in Northern California, a
>statement I dispute, doesn't make it famous.

I'll admit, that was a statement of pure hyperbole, but I personally can't 
think of anything off the top of my head more famous.  Maybe that life size 
Babe the Blue Ox statue (next to life-size Paul Bunyan) with the gigantic 
testicles.  But then again, nothing really happened there.

  The most famous place in the
>middle of a particular desert in Mexico is a little crossroad with a small
>plant there and a sign "dame agua."  Everyone in the region knows where it
>is, and it's a tourist attraction.  It isn't worth a significant charge
>either.  The most famous place historically in bar harbor is Campabello
>Island (FDR had a house there that now is a tourist attraction) again, that
>isn't enough.
But couldn't it store up a siggie after a few weeks?  Or never?

Steve Dustin
yetiseti at hotmail.com
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