Comments on: Quick Visit to Germany — They Copied Vail!

By: Njord

Njord — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 16:31:05 +0000

Vail only needs to pass an ordinance banning all cars that are not made in the Vaterland and institute a beer “purity law” and things would be perfect… oh, and make the Amigos pretend they are Turks and Kurds.

(actually, the beer purity law SHOULD be passed!)

By: Federico

Federico — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 16:46:42 +0000

Lou, this is the same impression I had when I visited the first time Washington DC… I said myself… whow this is where Roman’s copied the Pantheon and Greek’s copied the parthenon temple while watching the Jefferson and the Lincoln memorial… well..romans and greeks have just been able to make it only half size ;-)

By: Mac

Mac — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:43:09 +0000

Only in America would Starbucks ever be considered to serve drinkable coffee!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:36:59 +0000

I live in Edwards, but ski Vail. It is obnoxious how the place is like Disneyland. Everything is too perfect.

Still, as you pointed out Lou, there are some redeeming qualities of the area. I thought it was a little lame when my friend and I won $$ at Davenport’s “Battle of the Bowls” comp over at Highlands this year and everyone booed when the announcer said we were from Vail. I doubt the same reaction would’ve resulted if someone from Aspen, Steamboat or Breck won anything over here.

By: Lou

Lou — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 22:16:12 +0000

Always fun to riff on Vail. Like I said to my wife: “Bavarian buildings, in Colorado, built mostly by guys from Mexico — go figure.” I’d add to that, they provide employment for a lot of folks… Indeed, some folks in Vail are wrestling with the fact that their local economy is based in great part on construction, and some folks think that needs to shift. That’s a pretty uneducated view. What’s been shown by places such as Santa Barbara and Aspen is that once you get into the stratosphere with real estate values and desirability, nearly every time anything changes ownership it’s remodeled or even scraped. Meaning the construction industry will thrive. Vail made that bed and they have to sleep in it, as Aspen is doing (and as a result providing lifelong careers in construction for many of our friends.)