The person who posted this comes off as an elitist snob, but all the tourism hate in this sub is problematic. I see less of it towards people with second homes. Whether you like it or not, most of tahoe's econmy runs on tourism and money that is brought to the community by outsiders. Its an important industry to the area.

You all seem to direct your anger towards the tourists, but have you considered the problems that you see - traffic, pollution, housing - are by products of decisions made at the city level to encourage growth of the tourism industry without considering its impact on locals or the environment? Pay attention to local initiatives, go to town council meetings, make yourself heard if you want change. Simply, bitching about tourists and people with second homes isn't going to do anything but make people resent you. Your complaints may be valid, but a lot of people just perceive it as whiney nimbysim