Lake Tahoe wealth (#1169)

From somewhere near Incline Village (Nevada), looking past a wealthy cove and across Lake Tahoe to the mountains in California.

I generally refuse to visit the Lake Tahoe area, it’s too much the epitome of consumerism at its worst. When I first went through there in 1967, there was quite a bit of open space with small villages of simple cabins, all in glorious forests with spectacular views. The glorious forests and spectacular views still exist, but too marred by ostentatious displays of gated-community wealth bounded by over-crowded developments of casino resorts with bad traffic. Want to see nature? See the natural aggression of bad traffic and fast luxury cars that think they own the roads.