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Trans-Taiga Road (2004)

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154 points jason_pomerleau | 1 comments | 03 Jul 25 01:07 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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smikhanov ◴[03 Jul 25 10:34 UTC] No.44453590[source]▶

    no settlements or towns aside from Hydro Quebec's settlements for workers (these are private and are not open to the public - they will kick you out)
Will they really kick a passing driver out when it's freezing outside? Heck, wherever the population is this sparse and conditions are this harsh people normally actively invite you to their places. This sounds so weird.
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mousethatroared ◴[03 Jul 25 12:09 UTC] No.44454172[source]▶
It's a way to get cheap tourists from invading?
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rob74 ◴[03 Jul 25 12:44 UTC] No.44454441[source]▶
Well, I mean, the touristic potential of a gravel road with 666 km of taiga scenery is a bit limited (if you have seen the first 20 km, you can probably imagine the remaining 646 pretty well). And I say this as someone who has been to Iceland recently...
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1. mousethatroared ◴[03 Jul 25 15:16 UTC] No.44455917[source]▶
But when there's only four houses every hundred km, a dozen dumb tourists become a very big nuisance.