Why Gettysburg is no place to go on vacation

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Oswald T Hobenflatts wrote:

Very unfriendly place, prices are high, dirty motels

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Deja vu wrote:

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With a statement like that I wonder if you have ever actually been to Gettysburg. I have found every visit I make to be very pleasant and a pleasurable experience.
To enjoy Gettysburg, you have to leave your $25 hotel room and stay out of the bars, and get around town, visit the shops and museums and talk with people.

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Misbehaving wrote:

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I go every year. Nice hotels or cheap ones. Plenty to enjoy .. Try a bike tour....

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85th Pennsylvania wrote:

Maybe there is another Gettysburg, but the historic town in Adams County is a very special and wonderful place. We've been there many, many times and only had
encounters with less than a handful of unfriendly persons. It's a hell whole lot better than most
places we've been to and if it were financially
feasible, I'd relocate there in a second.

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LMFAO wrote:

Its funny tourists come here. They complain about high prices expensive parking and nothing to do beside stare at the battlefield. This same people butt their noses in and tell us the residents that we shouldn't have a casino or a waterpark for that matter even certain retail stores
Then go as far as to sign petitions and write letters to elected officials to block those legal businesses from conning to gettysburg and NOW they have the nerve to moan and groan about the price to visit. HMMMMMMMM why do you think its so expensive?

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Deja vu wrote:

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Apparently you don’t understand.
Point one, GETTYSBURG National Military Park is owned and maintained by the Federal Government.
Point two, the GETTYSBURG National Military Park is located in Adams County, around Gettysburg, with small portions actually in the Borough of Gettysburg.
Point three, GETTYSBURG is probably the most well known battlefield location in the world.
Point four, every year people from all over the United States and many foreign countries visit the GETTYSBURG National Military Park.
Based on the above points, anyone who has ever read about the Battle of GETTYSBURG, anyone who has ever heard the name GETTYSBURG, anyone who has ever visited GETTYSBURG, or anyone who may someday visit GETTYSBURG knows more about what this community needs than anyone living in Gettysburg.
Gettysburg belongs to the nation and to the world. Even though you may live here, work here and pay taxes here, you have no right to say what goes on here.
What happens here should and will be determined by people who have read about the Battle of GETTYSBURG, people who have heard the name GETTYSBURG, people who have visited GETTYSBURG, and people who have never been here but may someday visit GETTYSBURG. They know more about what this community needs and what is best for this community than anyone living in Gettysburg.

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Pete wrote:

LMFAO;Please let me know where I can find a reference for all those annoying outsiders who signed petitions and sent letters against the waterpark or a retail store.Or perhaps you could point me to an article showing the national outrage over the waterpark.Or are you,like the others,taking a local issue like the waterpark,that was stopped becuase you and the others did nothing to make it a reality,and try to tie it into the casino issue to play the "woe is us" card.

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Pete wrote:

LMFAO;Please let me know where I can find a reference for all those annoying outsiders who signed petitions and sent letters against the waterpark or a retail store.Or perhaps you could point me to an article showing the national outrage over the waterpark.Or are you,like the others,taking a local issue like the waterpark,that was stopped becuase you and the others did nothing to make it a reality,and try to tie it into the casino issue to play the "woe is us" card.

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Pink Eye wrote:

<quoted text>You are correct, Gettysburg belongs to the nation not to the locals. Its about time you realize it and stop being so miserable. Now run along and fetch me something cool to drink. It's your low paying job and I expect good service from you..........LOCAL

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Pete wrote:

Nile;You people try to spin things so far it is ridiculous.There is always going to be opposition to things from some people.The waterpark did not have the national outcry against it.Did the CWT come out against it?Were there nationwide petitions and letters,on the scale of the casino?No.It was a local issue.You even stated that you were not involved in the issue.The locals sat back and let the anti-waterpark people run roughshod over them.And so you try to lump this issue into the casino issue to try to play the hurt party that outsiders are telling you what you can and can't have.Pathetic.

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Pete wrote:

Nile;The Pro side are the ones who blow things out of proportion.You take a basically local issue,the waterpark,which had mostly local opposition with a few outsiders,and try to join that issue to the casino to make it look like outsiders are telling you what you can have.The anti-waterpark locals had their way because those for it did nothing.And you don't like that,so you try to take that local issue and twist it to your way of trying to play the aggrieved party.The waterpark should not be used except to illustrate that locals who are against things are more organized than you.They fight to stop what they don not ant,while you people sit back and hope things happen,instead of working towards it.,