Feud over fall foliage as local Vermont residents ban leaf peepers
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Fall officially starts at the end of this week, which means tourists will soon be heading out to gaze at the leaves changing colors - but some residents in New England in a town known for its spectacular views are taking a stand against so-called leaf peepers. NBC’s Kristen Dahlgren reports for TODAY.
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#Fall #Leafpeeping #Vermont
I’m embarrassed for people who feel they are entitled to disrupt people’s lives for social media.
It’s so weird, like zero awareness or respect for other people… for what, likes? 🤢
I'm embarrassed for the existence of comment sections
@@RonaldRaidenYou'll Survive
Taxation is a form of theft. charging people a fine is also theft in this sense.
I'm embarrassed for the people who focus on getting the best picture just for likes instead of fully taking the experience in and actually enjoying it.
To go on someone's private property to take a photo is so disrespectful 😢.
It’s mind blowing
It's bizarrrrre. They could've gone anywhere else
Not defending the social media idiots, but technically that is incorrect. Everything we just saw was in front of the gate, before the private property started. They were all standing and taking pics on public property, which is the conundrum of this issue.
not if its for tik tok. Alert the masses they found a nice spot then flood it with people!!!!
@@DistrustHumanzlol pause at :56 the girl is walking down the literal driveway past the gate. “Everything we saw was in front of the gate.” Congrats your wrong
I’m annoyed that social media itself and social media influencers have ruined beautiful and iconic places. I loved Hallstatt and want to go back there again and wouldn’t want that town to potentially ban tourists because things have gotten out of hand. Go to a beautiful location to enjoy it for what it is. Be respectful of local laws and never ever trespass! When did we devolve into such unruly people? They’re giving good tourists a bad name!
That “picturesque” spot Isn’t that special either🤣
There’s literally thousands of better photo spots in Vermont, yet alone in all the states these tourists travel from.
People are so glued to their social media that they’ve never touched the grass in their own towns.
I find it hilarious how much money people pay just to post a small photo for others to look at for 5-10 seconds and go “cool” as they continue mindlessly scrolling past🤡
That's so wild. They couldn't find any other place in Vermont? They really felt the need to trespass
I agree!
When did it become okay to tresspass?
When did it become okay for squatters to take over your home & YOU have to legally get them out...oh, and you're trespassing if you try to enter YOUR home that they have stolen.
We as a society have tumbled far. I pray we will recorrect soon.
Social media has created a very SICK society, imho.
Mind your manners.
If it doesn't belong to you don't touch it.
Private property means STAY OFF & OUT!
Be more thoughtful of others.
My lord ya'll...RESPECT... It's not hard.
They should just ban phones and cameras. Then people who aren't just their for clout can enjoy the place still, and the residents dont have to suffer with obnoxious and entitled wanna be "influencers".
So you’re part of the problem but don’t want others doing the same?
My uncle lived in the country and in honour of his wife who had died, he harvested a sunflower field every autumn. The last 5 years or so, more and more people started tearing down his fence to steal them and take pictures. One day he just packed his things and moved to town. He could not take it anymore. So sad and disrespectful
is this the one in Wisconsin if so I I've heard of the story and am so sorry for your loss if it is the one believe it to be
Should have owned a bear to scare off the people
Omg! That's so sad!! I hope he was able to keep growing sunflowers for his wife's memory. People I swear, are so selfish and volatile
He should've just bought a firearm. Would've been a lot easier lol
Electric fence
There are beautiful scenic spots all over Vermont, not just at this one place. TikTok is making people so stupid.
All over the Appalachian Mountains too.
Social media and young generations are the problem. Brain damaged.
Literally ALL over America there is beautiful places.
It (tic toc) isn’t making people stupid, it’s just allowing you to see how many stupid people there are.
By design: TikTok is run by the Chinese Communist Party.
I feel their pain. I used to live at the highest point in a city, called Lookout Hill, that had a large river below it, so the fireworks display was there, July 4th, every year. People would actually set up lawn chair's, blanket's, etc., on resident's lawn's, park in our driveway's, make all kinds of noise, fight, leave trash all over the place, and get hostile when we'd ask them to get off our property. There were only 2 main street's that came into the neighborhood, so the traffic jam's lasted for hours, when the show was over, and required police to direct traffic. After the first year of living there, every 4th of July I would set up multiple sprinklers all around my small corner lot, which included the sidewalk and driveway, letting the water spray from 5pm on, so my property wasn't bothered. I did this for 10 years, until I sold the house, in 2004.
You all think that because you bought the property you own the right to block off nature's beauty for everyone. That's the issue. No one cares it's your property if it's scenic. Why did you not take into consideration that the 4th of July thing happened Before you bought the house? It's not like it just started as soon as you purchase the property, probably had been happening for decades. Scenic areas will always be trespassed upon. It's narcissistic for folk to try and block others from natural beauty so nothing should have been built there as private residence in the first place. That was the first narcissistic move. Then you came along and bought it. Sheesh.
Nice one...
🫡 genius plan
Absolutely brilliant
Wasting a decade of water for your peace of mind is way worse 😒
I live in Vermont. You can travel anywhere in the state to see incredible autumn beauty.
I live in Michigan. We have pretty fall foliage too!
My house is on "Sugar Grove Road" a name from pioneer times. They'd tap the sugar maple trees in the spring for syrup. Those are the trees with spectacular fall foliage.
Leaves are all over, thanks god. I go to Central Park; it's very pretty.
I live in L.A, you can see homelessness smog and traffic everywhere 😢
@@mmedefarge Blessed you are🙏
@@veramae4098 Surprising that after This report, you're going to tell the road where your "spectacular fall foliage" is & even where you live? Hello Vera Mae, I promise not to invade your privacy or your road, but the only thing less safe to do on social media would be to give your actual address and invite the world & it's crazies, to your doorstep...Honestly, and respectfully, be safe & well being
This would never be a problem if people weren’t so self absorbed and focused on getting those perfect instagram shots. Just be considerate! Why aren’t people teaching their kids that anymore?
Because Americans have become so entitled to do whatever they want as long as they don't act like evil people. The general media has only encouraged this lazy and crappy behavior, not to be rude nor disrespectful. The entitlement is real, and it's absolutely no better in the place I live in. Welcome to what present-day America has become now SMH
because they stopped teaching them God. Once you take the cornerstone out of the wall, it collapses
@@MartinBielkovicAnybody can be an inconsiderate jerk just like anybody can be a polite citizen. God has absolutely nothing to do with it
Who do you think they learned it from?
It surely couldn’t be the fact that parents now both have to work and in many cases 2-3 jobs each just to keep a roof over their heads and feed their families - who’s got time or energy to teach the kids after that??
It’s honestly the national values that have gone out to pasture - we have no values left anymore other than worshipping money, fame, power, and influence. We’ll have no other gods before us, and we’ll serve no other values. This is who we’ve allowed ourselves to become, and who we’re continuing to allow ourselves to become when we separate ourselves from our neighbors.
RESPECT is the best word used in this entire report!!! People are seriously lacking it nowadays. 👍👍👍
This is what’s wrong with the new generations these days. They are living to post pics on their social media and not using their brains. How unbelievably pathetic.
I agree Vermont is beautiful in the fall, but what is so special about that one particular spot? Especially if it's overrun by crowds of leaf-peepers.
Seriously these new day young folk fasho have lost respect for elders
@@sean2015 Never been, where would you suggest a first time visitor go? Is Vermont a friendly place, I've heard the people are snooty?
@@warrioroflight3813 well it’s New England, so I think you’re bound to run into snooty people. 😁 Burlington is the state’s largest city (but it’s a tiny city, or even what you might call a medium-sized town) and it’s right on Lake Champlain. So I think Burlington is the best place to visit.
Another popular spot is Stowe. And finally the Haskell Free Library in Derby Line is a neat place to visit - the building literally straddles the international (U.S.-Canada) border and you can walk back and forth between both countries without having to report to Customs.
I can't blame these people one bit. People need to realize this isn't some park, or a façade from a film, it's where these people live their lives. The whole social media thing is out of hand, but it's not going to get better before it gets worse.
I would like the world to be divided between those who live life, versus those who document visions and versions of themselves in an empty, constructed paradoxical social media influence selfie reality. Or, to put it simply: I find this abhorrent, and the larger culture of stupid narcissism it represents.
Love your comment. 👍 @@LeighPhillips78
@@LeighPhillips78including those people who film and post their kids regardless how harmful it could be
Yet, they have no problem when their ancestors did it. I say, go where you want… just like the Europeans and other colonizers did. 🤷♀️ Happy Belated Columbus Day.
@@LeighPhillips78It's like those hollow chocolates. Pretty and full of air.
"Common human decency".... something that hasn't existed in our society for a loooong time.... a long time.
That began to end in 2008 and fully ended in 2016
Tell me about a period of time you consider to hold 'human decency" because I guarantee you're wrong. People have more empathy now than ever. The issue we are facing is overpopulation and sticking everyone in cities, so they believe that looking at leaves on a tree is a vacation. That should be scary to all of us.
@@vivalabad6 The planet is doing fine, the surface infestation however....
@@RailPreserver2KTrump made people comfortable with going mask all the way off.
When tf did that even exist? Let alone right here in the U.S?!
The problem with informing tourists that there are plenty of pretty leaves to look at just by driving on the throughway is, people aren’t interested at all in marveling at beautiful foliage. All they’re interested in is to show off how beautiful THEY are against the fall leaves, which they view as just props.
This needs to be the top comment.
Honestly I couldn’t have said it better
bingo!!
Exactly. The leaves are gorgeous and you can look at them with your eyes. You don't need to take photos of every little thing.
Vermont must be lame af if that's a spot people wait for. (I'm from Ohio)
good for these folks for taking a stand against all the stupid instagram followers
But they vote for illegal immigrants to come to usa and nyc? But cant handle a few tourists? 😂 hypocrites
Jealous
I knew when I saw the title that it was influencers ruining it for everyone
@@melovetorun of what? Your influencer idolizing brain? I'm goooooood 😂
Wish they'd open an influencer hunting season. 😉😂
I live in a National Forest in Pennsylvania and it’s absolutely beautiful in the fall. So many places to visit in the northeast but TikTok and Instagram has caused so many problems for private property. I truly hate both of those platforms.
also maryland and virginia
I don't see the problem with people admiring your land. And if they get two bothersome that's what the Second Amendment is for.
@@serronserron1320 you dont see the problem because its not happening to you. just like people that dont live in the border, they didnt think illegal immigration was a problem until they started sending them in their states
Really? You don't see the problem with people preventing you from getting home from work, on your otherwise rural road?
@@serronserron1320 “two” bothersome? So you’re saying if they get too bothersome, just shoot them? Okay troll.
When people don't care that they're body to body with everyone, waiting for miles in traffic, and looking ridiculous taking selfies.. they certainly won't care about anyone else.
Maaan so well put😂
And not only did these people miss the point, but they never understood it in the first place.
I don't blame them. Social media, influencers, and just plain ignorance has and will continue to ruin and harm many things, places and people , wildlife. No one knows how to appreciate, respect and just live in the moment anymore.
People may be idiots, but they are still responsible for their actions!
I hike a lot and post pictures to my social media (not like this...I'm just doing things I would do anyway and sharing pics). I've started using a generic location tag of the state and nothing more. People will ask me where I am and how they can get there and I just ignore them for this very reason. Of course, I'm not on private property, but the masses ruin everything and I don't want to be partially responsible for them ruining nature too.
Good. If they want to see beautiful natural wonders they need to go looking, which is part of the adventure.
you're so special
If you don’t post it it never happened
Exactly. I've been exploring abandoned locations for over 10 years and get emails asking about my locations. Still haven't given out my locations and most of them are still intact without graffiti.
Once the majority knows about a spot, they flood it.
Same. And the dumbest part is how supposedly nobody even sees my page, yet they flock to every place i post...
If people opened their eyes, there’s beauty everywhere!
Very True. Venerating this one place, and it's no doubt beautiful, seems an insult to equally beautiful nature everywhere. People stopped looking through their own eyes, which can discern true beauty but instead look through the lens of a camera.
Unless you live in Chicago or L.A.😂😂
that’s self absorbed influencers for you, every last brain cell has gone so they’re not going to see the rest of the beauty
hahaha super funny @@Core1Chara
I would rather really enjoy the fall foliage in a secluded place all by myself than be next to so many people just to take a fake-happy perfect shot just to show off to people on Instagram.
P.S. Thankfully I am not on Instagram and I have driven through miles of spectacular fall foliage in Quebec upto Tadoussac and seen the magnificent humpback whales around our boat!
Many years ago when we were in Rome, our tour guide said, "Rome was destroyed more by the hands of man than by the hands of time." His words still resonate with us. People are the problem, not the solution. Too many people; too many aggressive and rude people; and too many people totally self absorbed to realize others even exist. Forget about the locals and nature----just collateral damage on the tourist quest.
so what? world is to enjoy...we created this society and rules...once upon a time there are no borders or fences or "private property" - everyone should be considerate!
It doesn’t help that Rome and many European cities spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on advertising their cities as tourist destinations.
They’re all like “we need tourists, come boost our economy” then the tourists show up and now they’re like “oh, tourism is bad”🤡
(Obviously not the case for places like in this vermont video, but it’s definitely the case for most all of Europe)
@@silaakkidumma The problem is that people are neither civilized nor considerate.
@@mro4ts457
It doesn't help that most tourists, mostly from America, have absolutely no manners
@@crystlelakefarm1254
That too
The TikTok and Instagram mobs have already ruined the US & Canadian National Park experience with crowds, grafitti, loud music and litter so it only makes sense that they'd start branching out to private property.
I totally get it. Social media has ruined everything. My little oasis area where i live has become so crowded over the last few years because everyone now knows about it. I hate it.
Having recently traveled to Vermont and Maine for the first time from Michigan, I understand wanting to take pictures of beautiful places. But like others have said, this is private property, people dont know how to respect that. Good for these people for standing up and defending their land.
Social media has killed everything. Traveling used to be fun. Now it's a battle..more hectic than anything.
This is all about narcissism. Why are so many people suddenly so obsessed with their own image? It's like living in the Twilight Zone.
Feels that way for sure lately
That is so true. We just went to Hawaii last month and couldn't believe how many people, mostly young 20 somethings, literally doing photo shoots just anywhere they wanted. Totally posing all seductive on the beach, totally oblivious to those around them. In front of children. I was embarrassed for them. What is happening!
We need to form a cooperative of like minded individuals because this is how I feel and rarely do I find others who think this way...except for in this comment thread.
Cause they hate themselves and need you to like them to fill the void
Really though. I’m happy to just look at a picture of it. I don’t need a picture of myself (in different outfits no less) there 🙄🤦♀️
Unreal. People have no common decency anymore. No one thinks of anyone but themselves. Selfishness has hit new heights these days, which is evident everywhere it seems. All of New England has beautiful foliage. Find spots that won't interfere with the locals trying to live their lives.
I heard the locals made a deal with bears that they can "keep all they catch". Like that girl in the plaid outfit...she'd never see them coming. She'd dance right into their mouths and that's hibernation food right there.
Best comment I've seen, lol!😂🙌
Bears gotta eat.
She looked like empty calories though.
@@TheTibetyakempty for sure.
Except black bears don't eat people
I totally agree with the neighbours. Well done them for being proactive. Sadly it has got out of control and the lack of respect is just sad. We have so many areas here in Aotearoa that became hugely well known and were damaged by the people who were visiting BECAUSE of how special the places were. One place that comes to mind became a nightmare - a bit like the place in this story. It was the - admittedly stunning - view from an incredibly dangerous and difficult to reach area along an incredibly steep hillside with a drop off of many metres into the sea. Travel vloggers were giving each other tips on how to get there, fences put up by the landowner were destroyed, security cameras were torn down, the landowner was abused and threatened when they tried to stop people, don't even get me started on the amount of litter and bodily waste that was left behind, there was at least 1 death from someone falling.... From memory, it was a working farm so the landowner wasn't even able to monitor it all the time and the place was so remote that by the time police arrived the culprits were usually gone. This was before we closed our borders so l'm not sure what it's like now.
Good for you residents of Vermont. I love Vermont just as much as you do, but I would never infringe on someone’s personal property, personal space just to get a peek at fall foliage. that’s an invasion of privacy, and it shows so much ignorance and disrespect on the part of the people that are creating the disruption in your beautiful neighborhood. good for you people stand strong Vermonters, keep the leaf peepers out of private property. VT STRONG 🍁🍂🍁
Social media needs to be obliterated as a whole
I say that everyday!
Yes!!!
Oh the irony of making this comment on a Social Media Site
🤣🤣🤣
@@gambit85RUclips isn’t really the same as other social media sites.
@alleycat616 Looool, don't worry guys. The social media site we're on is different 😂😂 Boomers are gonna boom. Gen X are boomers in all but name too.
Why is it titled this way, makes it sound like they are fun killers. But if its private property they have every right to keep people off their land lol
So true!! And it’s not the people who really love nature and fall colors - it’s the idiots with a checklist of all the hottest selfie spots!!
Respect people's homes!!
🌲🍃🍁🍂🌿🍃🍁🍂🌲
The younger generation don't know the meaning of "common decency". LOL. To them, it is all 'bout "me and my selfies".
I love it, my wife dragged me to salem ma and it was a ridiculous amount of people, and i felt sorry for locals.
I live in a small college town that is inundated by football fans several weekends in the fall. Traffic is at a standstill on Fridays and Saturdays. At least our businesses receive the benefit of all the extra money coming in. However, the people who live here get nothing but the hassle. They have every right to protect their property and privacy.
Now people know how wildlife feels. 😢
And Native Americans.
Right. They "own" the property but unfortunately for them in reality the beauty of the planet is for all to enjoy. So probably shouldn't live in a scenic place because people have no right to block the beauty of Earth from others enjoying it.
@@liamtaylor4955 that is wildlife
@@laurenchristianna2092 sure thats why no homes should have doors.
@@victorhopper6774 That does not logically follow.
We drove from new Hampshire to Burlington Vermont last year. Vermont is beautiful. I'd love to visit again there are plenty of places In Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine to get beautiful photos without disturbing the residents. People are just being selfish. I don't blame them for closing off roads to their towns.
I was just in Hallstatt and can completely understand the frustration by people living there due to the number of completely disrespectful people that go through there. At the same time im sure the business owners there arent complaining much.
I can relate. I grew up in a house on a riverbank, from birth until I was in my 20s. People would come into our yard to fish. This wasn't a huge yard. It was maybe 30 feet from the back door to the water. They knew it was our yard. My dad would go out and talk to them, call them friend, and stay there chatting like they were old friends from way back. I don't know if he intentionally annoyed them to make them leave, but it worked. Nobody ever came back a second time. XD
By the way, that was all before digital times. No internet, no computers except the brown and green ones in schools. And pictures were on film, taken with actual cameras. No ticking and tocking or instantsnapping or other social media junk. It would probably be worse now if we still lived there.
Your Dad sounds like a legend 😉👍
We have a generation of narcissistic young people who live their lives online. Countless times, my wife and I go out to eat and half the people under 30 spend half their time taking photos of the food, moving candles, table lights, etc. presumably for their social media. It's a disease of the mind.
That same generation is unlikely to ever own property. Inequality sucks.
I take pics of my food when I eat out. Under 30, I do t do it for social media I just like pictures of good looking meals so I can recreate it at home and look back on. Like when ppl take pictures of birds, I like pictures of food.
I photograph food to. Mostly my mothers creations. Her dad was a white house chef for at least three different presidents. And I am a trained photographer. So that's that. @@bethanywashington1243
And you'd be doing the same if you weren't old.
It is bizarre to watch the addictive behaviors
I love how these influencers come here to take an original and unique photo when there's a million places in Vermont other people completely overlook
It's the irony of this generation. They think they can be unique by copying everyone else.
Yeah we had a problem with this on a farm outside a college town in Florida. Got to the point where we would wait, close off the one road out, issue criminal trespass warnings with the local sheriff, and any photos/videos taken on the private property had to be deleted. You would never imagine how entitled a lot of those kids would sound when kicking them off the property
Good for those neighbors because selfie folks are crazy rude 😂
Happy for the neighbors and property owners of Sleepy Hollow, the road closure was long overdue. I hope they punish any trespassers to the fullest extent of the law.
Sadly, the fullest extent of the law isn't very full these days.
All of the Appalachian Mountains is that beautiful. Plenty of room for all.
I feel bad for these Locals in all these places! I lived in New Orleans and tourists leave trash and lean against cars, or PARK in our yards or driveways - and get mad when we have you towed! Places do not have an issue with tourists - just the fact that they care not for anyone but themselves! PEOPLE LIVE THERE!!!
I'm happy to hear they've done this. I've lived in places that attract tourists to very specific areas and it's a nightmare. You can't get to work, find parking, do any of your normal routine because of them. There are so many beautiful places in the world, bombarding one or two for your social media feed is wrong.
As a local of Woodstock, Vermont tourist are incredibly unaware and act like we don’t live here and are trying to get from place to place. It’s rude, it’s clueless, and it’s a complete violation of our environment. This is not just a museum for people to just overrun, it’s our home. Please be respectful. These beautiful bridges you see, we actually use them to get from one side of town to the other, please try to remember that the next time you want to park your car in front of them, or walk down them (if they don’t have sidewalks), don’t do it.
I really wish I grew up in a time where social media isn’t exposing everything
I did. It was fabulous.
@@kateruterbories2692 good for you, Kate!
@@yungcharg7292😃
I can empathize with the residents.
Good for these residents for fighting against social media narcissists! It’s getting a bit ridiculous!
This isn't just social media junkies. This is how city people act in rural areas.
Bro you can go anywhere in New England that’s public for similar or even better scenery with less foot traffic during the fall. Tik tok got people living in an idiotic clueless bubble
Then be a leader post address and end this already…..
I don’t blame the residents ONE BIT!!!
"Common human decency"? Where do you find that?
Welcome to Florida's world. These same ppl are here year around and moved here, can't afford anything anymore and our normal trip to the grocery store is now a battle, we are always late because how many ppl are here. We are just over crowded here on Earth anymore
The problem with common human decency is it is so unbelievably not common anymore.
“…. it also just comes down to common human decency…”
Me: well, there goes that idea.
I back the home owners 💯 on this.
Hawaii has had this problem for decades.
Thankfully we kinda embrace tourist here in Minnesota but, if you are going to be a tourist remember people still call these wonderful and beautiful places home.
Leave things as you find them and leave it better than you find it.
Help the local economy and buy and shop local.
It is still possible to be a tourist and not be a tourist.
It just takes respect,common sense and decency.
I work at the front desk at a hotel in Upstate NY. A lady checked in a couple of weeks ago and started ranting about how she drove 4 hours from NYC to look at the leaves and was disappointed because they had barely started changing, so there was nothing to see. I told her that the leaves here don't start to peak until at least mid- October, so it was still early. Her reply was "you should've told me that when I made my reservation." Like we have any control over when the leaves turn.
I'm a travel nurse at Dartmouth who's starting my extension today, October 2nd. I've heard of this place but don't plan to see it as there are hundreds of other places. It's sad that people are still so self-absorbed. Would I like a picture here? Sure, but not with myself in it. I swear social media has more downfalls than positives. Alas, it appears its here.
Some people are just more narcissistic. But I also think it’s unfair to gatekeep nature. The state could regulate it for sure.
@@megaprimegamer1184 It's not gatekeeping it. It's privately owned property. And considering people even attempt to enter the houses to use a bathroom, etc. I'm also a RN. If I lived here and a family member had a medical emergency and EMS couldn't get to the house because of these people....let's just say my family member wouldn't be the only person going to the hospital that day. So what if it's beautiful. People need to learn boundaries. You don't get everything you want in life.
@@user-me5xq8yc9x not once did anyone in the video mention trying to enter houses to use a bathroom. They did however, mention peeing on someones land which is the most rude thing that someone can do.
@@george_KC1TQF I don't need to, and won't provide my source. But being very close to this area, i know my previous statement to be fact. Why people argue over it is a waste of my time. I'm out of this "conversation"
@@megaprimegamer1184
Gatekeep nature? Weird response.
You must be 15 years old with a response like that.
People are so unbelievably inconsiderate. I feel really bad for these people who spent their life's savings on a nice place to live, and have their own fall season completely ruined by rude, clueless randos.
As someone who always sees these leaves every fall living in PA, and can literally just walk outside and see fall leaves anywhere in the north 👁👄👁 i cannot fathom this.... tell them if they wanna take pictures, they have to rake the leaves for the residents 😌👌
Every leaf is owned.
Every blade of grass.
Every ray of sunshine.
I was ready to defend the leaf watchers with a vengeance until i actually watched the video and now, I'm firmly on the neighbors and locals side. The instagram influencers especially need to f$*k right off.
What’s sad is people going to these beautiful places and only looking at it through their phone camera and focusing on how they look over seeing the world in front of them.
Social media has ruined people’s social grace!
Imagine driving past stunning vistas, shady hollows, and sun dappled creeks just to take selfies in front of some rando's yard.
Then again, I don't like having man-made structures in my landscape shots.
Remember when people would trespass on private property to catch a rare Pokemon?😅 Reminds of me of that..
more laws need to be enacted to prevent ppl from encroaching on areas just for selfies. selfies r/t social media has gotten wayyy out of hand. we all do it but some of us are extreme/entitled with it.
Next generation have no boundaries to get that "perfect picture." My BF & I took fall photos but I booked that photoshoot 7 months in advnace where we went to a public park! And it was very beautiful with the bright orange and the leaves in yellow, green, and red. Didnt disturb anyone and there were several other families with their photographers there too. We were out in 30 minutes
To quote Family Guy: "LEAFERS!"
Y’all. There are so many amazing places with so many amazing fall colors. You don’t need to go to the same spot.
Go to a public park.... 🙄How hard is that?
very few of those places in Northern New England besides the National Forests. Most areas are privately owned property (something like 95% of ME, NH, and VT), but landowners are generally nice enough to allow activities such as leaf peeping, hiking, fishing, etc as long as their rules are followed. Such a shame that people can't be respectful anymore and landowners have to close access. And it's not just sleepy hollow, it's happening all across this region and landowners have EVERY right to do it. TikTok is precisely why we can't have nice things anymore.
People are incredible. Guess they’ve never been chased off someone’s property with a shotgun.
It has been a beautiful fall this year!
Vermonts kinda pretty… it’s so peaceful and beautiful in Vermont words can’t even begin to describe it🍁🍂
too many human footprints destroying the beautiful natural beauties we all "believe" we deserve to invade...
Ashtabula ohio has gorgeous foliage, and views of lake erie too! And some amazing covered bridges that would make for great pix and video. We have tons of wineries too, so you can make a whole weekend of it 💞💞💞 head on over, we welcome tourists with big smiles 😁😁😁 not closed roads
I am baffled at how anyone thinks they can just waltz onto private property for a photo op.
"Common human decency" is something that many of these "influencers" and outsiders are lacking
I live in “Halloweentown”in Oregon and we have the same problem. Tourists bring in business which is nice but the entire month of October is not great for residents.
They should charge admission, and if that doesn’t deter people, it will at least give them a nice paycheck during the peak Fall season.
Most of the neighbors have million dollar plus homes, and second homes, they're not looking for an extra paycheck.
So ridiculous and totally inconsiderate to the residents. Changing rooms, seriously? I go up to VT once or twice a year, love it there. There are plenty of places for amazing photos without encroaching on or bothering people just trying to go about their day. 🍁
I've never been to Vermont and have no plans of seeing/visiting Vermont so can't blame me. There are lots of lovely towns in this beautiful USA.
But it's always been about you, huh?!
I have to side with the locals on this one. It's their home, and their property. They have a right to ban people, especially if they are getting to be too much.
I live in New York’s Adirondack Mountain Region, “The North Country.” We have the same problem here. It’s mostly individuals from NYC, NJ, CT, MA. They don’t know the roads. They drive dangerously under the speed limit, making locals late to work, or to get home. They don’t respect our “forever wild” philosophy. They hike off trail, leave trash behind, all for what, an Instagram selfie for attention?
Where I'm from!
People In Hawaii have been asking for the same decency for decades
these so called influencers are completely out of control. Stay OFF of people’s property, they should be arrested for trespassing
Man, those people are so lucky to live there.
Wanting to immerse yourself in an experience is one thing but what's the point in taking exactly the same photo that thousands of others have taken before?
If you are that self obsessed, you can always photoshop yourself into the location anyway. No doubt someone will come up with an AI photo app that will create selfies in whole serious of locations.
"Oh God, leafers, LEAFERS!"
That's what you get when the majority of land is privatized.
Some of these People probably wouldn’t even go to these places if social media didn’t exist
I hate the social media generation
In northern Minnesota there is so many tourists that come to the area during fall to see the leaves its almost impossible to drive in/ live our small town. They block roads, destroy the nature, overrun small towns, treat locals like props, and throw garbage everywhere. When the local government has confronted tourist groups a few times to set boundaries they have told them to let the locals know they should just be thankful for the tourist dollars. It’s frustrating. Its great people are enjoying the beauty of the area, but they are also destroying it in the process.
Im sorry for any grammar errors.
Social media like Insta have destroyed many picturesque places. I travelled to Italy several times in the 90s and early 00s but now you go back to those places it’s crowded with selfie tourists and hotels now cost a small fortune. Well, at least I got to visit those places before they got spoiled.
I don’t even want to go out to buy food to survive much less to take a photo of foliage … my goshhh!
Tbh, even without Instagram, I still have always loved fall foliage and photography is a lifelong hobby, so I don’t fault autumn enthusiasts. However, I do think the “invasion” and mobs of insta-influencers is gross. It’s not just Vermont either, it’s basically every tourist destination making the same obnoxious content. Taking pictures for memories and enjoyment I understand, though.
Saw a news report from Italy. They have 10,000 people AN HOUR at a famous fountain, and constantly have to drag people out of the water, off the statuary.
@@veramae4098so wild and disrespectful.
Except before, the vast majority of people respected the location and each other… now it’s pure entitlement. “I’m entitled to get that same picture someone else got” “how dare you deny me”
This reminds me of an exceptionally funny Josh Johnson standup comedy bit.
IYKYK… 😆