I am so glad we are in Toronto

Nothing like misreading a very expensive room. Of all the places we could have overpaid to go to waste money attempting to attract tourists who don't want to come here, I could think of Toronto, Canada and Nuuk, Greenland as the absolute top of the list. If there was a $10,000 trip to the Isle of Man to attempt to attract their seven wealthy retirees to consider spending a day at the Wool Market, Estes Park would have their flights booked before you could say the words "Fake Dark Sky". This is what your lodging taxes are going towards, Estes. We are going to be a Dark Sky destination because VEP wants it. Next year we will be a Revolutionary War battlefield and re-enactment site because VEP wants it. https://www.paxnews.com/news/tourism-board/colorado-tourism-showcases-destination-updates-to

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