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...average summer Sunday' in 1961 it was up to 6,000. and last year 8,863 cars were turned away at Pfeiffer-Big Sur State Park for lack of camping facilities. Big Sur's inhabitants realized that their fastness was about to be discovered by the motelmen and the real estate developers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Conservation: The Bid Sur Saved | 12/28/1962 | See Source »

...place for the man who wants to get rich quick. Many motel owners make a good living, but many others, who were dazzled by the first postwar bubble, settled down in poor locations and have either gone out of business or barely make ends meet. Even the most successful motelmen have problems of rising costs and bitter competition. Since 1945, construction costs have gone up from an average $2,500 a room to nearly $5,500, with 15% of the boost in the last two years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE BOOM THAT TRAVELERS BUILT | 3/14/1955 | See Source »

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