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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is trashy because for the most part it is lazy people who want to experience something new with no effort and no real interest in engaging with the place in any meaningful way. They want to pull up in their ports in an ugly boat, descend on some place, scoop the cream off the top and go back to their boat where they can drink too much and eat too much. They get to feel like they are someone special, all the while willfully ignoring the fact that they are polluting the air and the water of the “paradise” they are visiting and the fact that they are waited on hard working people who have no other option but to leave their families and their homes for months at a time for crap wages because it is their best option - and for those crap wages they get to make some schmo from the US feel like somebody. They get to tolerate drunks, aggressive passengers and unruly children, all with a smile on their face. In short it isn’t the mode of travel that makes it trashy it is the ignorance and indifference multiplied by hundreds that makes it trashy. [/quote]

What are the meaningful ways classy people engage with the locals on their vacations to the Hamptons or Kiawah?[/quote]

I think you’re confusing people wanting to go on an adventure vs relax without feeling like cattle. Those are two different trips. [/quote]

The old money people I know don’t even do “adventure vacations” except maybe in college/early 20’s. They want to be surrounded by people like them and good help and that’s all. [/quote]

Yes, in fact, some of the most moneyed people are also the most insular. [/quote]

That's one of the best things about being rich. Most people would be insular if they could afford it. [/quote]

This may be accurate, but it’s also quite sad.[/quote]

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