"Sylvain" wrote in message
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http://www.burningman.com/on_the_pla...t/faq_air.html
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That seems just a tad optimistic and misleading, IMO.

That the thing about the whole web site: it seems a tad optimistic.

It puts on the best face the way Disneyland.com would, but...

Imagine being in a temporary city where everybody is positive emphasis is on
self-reliance and helping others, there are no garbage cans because by and
large the people it attracts don't believe in litter, and there are no ATMs
or concession stands and the only things for sale are ice and coffee
(fundraiser for the local 4-H and a retirement community.)

The $250 ticket keeps out the fratboy riff-raff and Girls Gone Wild
mentality. The heat and dust keep out the casual tourists and wimps, the
police keep the crime well under control, and once you're there there's
nothing to buy, but people spend thousands, tens or hundreds of thousands of
dollars on art that has no place in the real world (largely because it's
pointy, metal, dangerous, shoots fire, etc.) There is no overall message,
agenda, religion, anti-religion, leader, or point: It's what you bring to
it, what you make it, and what you choose to take from it.

For instance, the part about camping out in the desert, in summer, with
a crowd of, shall we say, colorful characters,

I can't even tell you without sounding like some sort of gushy, preachy
born-again cultist idiot.

Here's the city from space. The airfield is on the lower end extending to
the northeast relative to the photo. The open area between the center (the
man) and the circular city is about a half-mile across.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:2...-Rock-City.jpg


-c