that, "You can take the most beautiful view in the world, and set out a
monkey in a cage, and 95% of the people that go there will see the monkey
in the cage and that's all that they'll see."
photographs.
Run cursor over photo in order
to illustrate the point.
underestimating the taste of the
American public.”
--H.L. Mencken
Nothing, other than the fact that as a resort community goes through the "Stages of Development,"
often the "Monkey in the Cage Syndrome" comes into play. Substitute amusements or attractions
sometimes replace the original attractions that make a place popular.
As an extreme example, bungee jumping might replace bonefishing.
The good news is that for a number of reasons, this type of "substitution" has not yet been excessive on
our local communities.
The bad news is that the tendency to go the "Monkey in the Cage" route is market driven, and left to
its own devices, can lead a community straight into a "Stage Four" situation.
There are clear signs of our inexorable and rapid slide into "Stage Four."
For more on this ominous trend, click the link at the bottom of this page, after the monkey business.
Washington State
between Switzerland and Austria
Key West
Neighborhood
Associations
www.kwna.org
Ominous Trends
"Headlines"
The "Four Stages"
Four Stages
