Comments on: Wanted: A Few Good Tourists http://travisrmartin.com/2009/02/wanted-a-few-good-tourists/ Business Lesson Plans and Insight Sun, 04 Dec 2011 21:11:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: travisrmartin http://travisrmartin.com/2009/02/wanted-a-few-good-tourists/comment-page-1/#comment-118 travisrmartin Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:06:24 +0000 http://travisrmartin.com/?p=176#comment-118 I've only been to the Pac-Northwest once, and that was to Seattle/Mt. Ranier. It's beautiful up there. Madison definitely doesn't have the scenery that Portland does. It relies more on the whole "historic" river town thing. You mentioned vices - there are no fewer than four riverboat casinos within an hour of Madison. I had heard that they wanted to locate one of them in Madison, but the locals refused, so it went 25 miles down river. I’ve only been to the Pac-Northwest once, and that was to Seattle/Mt. Ranier. It’s beautiful up there.

Madison definitely doesn’t have the scenery that Portland does. It relies more on the whole “historic” river town thing. You mentioned vices – there are no fewer than four riverboat casinos within an hour of Madison. I had heard that they wanted to locate one of them in Madison, but the locals refused, so it went 25 miles down river.

]]> By: Sarah Thornbeck http://travisrmartin.com/2009/02/wanted-a-few-good-tourists/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Sarah Thornbeck Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:56:25 +0000 http://travisrmartin.com/?p=176#comment-114 I'm from right outside Portland Oregon. what brings people to our part of the country is the coast and, I'm not sure if you know this, the breweries. Portland has a very high microbrewery per-capita ratio. I think if cities stopped being so against "vices" and allowed people to do what they want, the Madison's of the world wuld be able to innovate and find ways to attract people. Does anyone think that Vegas is popular because of the warm climate? I’m from right outside Portland Oregon. what brings people to our part of the country is the coast and, I’m not sure if you know this, the breweries. Portland has a very high microbrewery per-capita ratio. I think if cities stopped being so against “vices” and allowed people to do what they want, the Madison’s of the world wuld be able to innovate and find ways to attract people. Does anyone think that Vegas is popular because of the warm climate?

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