Roasted Mar 22, 2026110 views1 share111 pts
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Landslides have shut the highway down over and over, and the big ones keep it closed for more than a year. Mud Creek took from 2017 to July 2018 to reopen. Meanwhile, studio apartments rent for the GDP of a small island nation. At least the road closures give you time to save up for that overpriced gas station burrito.
Locals call it a "scenic highway" with piles of shit up and down the road, and they're not talking about the landslides. With public restrooms scarcer than parking spots and millions of visitors a year, people resort to squatting in the bushes along the highway. Nothing says "Instagram-worthy" like stepping around human waste for that perfect sunset shot.
Big Sur has attracted freethinking artists, poets, and writers since Robinson Jeffers and Henry Miller put it on the map. But with peak season hotel rates that make a mortgage payment look reasonable and only a few hundred rooms on the entire 90-mile coast, only wealthy visitors can afford the "back to the earth" experience. Nothing says counterculture rebellion like dropping $500 a night to rough it in luxury.
Big Sur Bakery charges a small fortune for an almond croissant that visitors treat like a religious experience and then mourn like a bank withdrawal. Everything out here is "super expensive," forcing smart travelers to stock up at Trader Joe's beforehand. Even the artisanal bread costs more than most people's car payments.
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