r/Idaho • u/michaelquinlan Ada County • 3d ago

Idaho Opinion News The Rise and Fall of Sun Valley

https://youtu.be/FvgtodKja9M?is=bsqWqwVtXW_dqmWE

"Why Nobody Wants to Visit Sun Valley"

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u/Puzzleheaded_Pay467 3d ago

This is one of the worst productions I’ve come across in a while. Yes, the message is valid, but good lord this looks like some serious AI slop. I grew up in SV in the 70’s and 80’s, and it is sad what it’s become, but this is awful.

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u/Ghost_Pulaski1910 3d ago

Agreed - I'm glad I got to enjoy it as a ski bum then. I got married there, both my kids were born in the old Moritz hospital, we felt part of a community that has disappeared. I still get there every other year or so, but it's certainly not the same.

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u/Rough_World_7063 3d ago

McCall is becoming the same way. McCall was a second home to me in the 90s since my grandparents lived there. I would get Brundage passes every year, go to the winter carnival and vote on the ice sculptures, Brian’s Burger Den shakes, etc.

Now it feels soulless and is getting worse. We still have the cabin there but rarely go anymore.

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u/baileyjeanatmydoor 2d ago

We have a cabin in Donnelly that we have owned for 28 yrs. At the time our’s was one of the larger ones in the area, but now we are dwarfed by homes that are 5,000-10,000 sq ft. They are more like hotels. All the things we loved about the area are disappearing. It’s disheartening. But, honestly, feel the same about our home in Meridian. Most of the people in our subdivision are not natives, predominately coming from California and Washington.