>>1763711Literally everything you listed is just a stones throw away from a city of 300k people or more, often several cities of that size. Pic is the Sierra Nevada range. For scale, Fresno to Sacramento is roughly a 2.5hour drive. Not pictured: about half a dozen other cities of similar size.
So there’s no doubt that those places are beautiful, but they will be crowded. It can’t be denied.
