Hiking spots throughout Southern California are becoming overcrowded tourist traps like in Hollywood Hills (Huntington Beach: how much, neighborhood)

[Buildingz R' Us]

From the 1970s through about 2005, you could go hiking throughout The Valley and not encounter a single person. Maybe one or two if you're lucky. Nowdays i can't go once without seeing suburban soccer moms in yoga pants and douchebag bros you'd expect to be flocking around Huntington Beach.

Is it even possible for a trail to become gentrified? Because all i see are instagram models taking selfies for their social medias rather than people who are passionate about the real nature experience like myself. I actually wear proper gear and gallons of water.

[RuggedAlpha]

Get off my lawn!

[nightlysparrow]

It's the increased focus on health, not gentrification.
In the 1970's the only exercise most people got was disco dancing or roller skating

[Buildingz R' Us]

Actually it has to do with development right ontop of the Foothills. Those mcmansions that have a killer view also have easy access to hiking trails. Those people i'm okay with. I'm sick of the Yelp discoveries Bros have been making. Yelp tells you every single neighborhood hiking spot, therefore leading to overparking of cars on residential streets. Let's not forget all the liter they leave behind, just a bunch of beer boxes and weed blunts.

I'm even looted a gram of dank off the floor from someone's drop. These are not the kinda people i want hoarding our space every single day. Make my words, every trail will look like Runyon Park by the Hollywood sign. It's already starting to look like it. Those of you who live in Burbank and Pasadena know what i'm talking about.

Thousand Oaks has it the worst.

[nightlysparrow]

Originally Posted by Buildingz R' Us

Thousand Oaks has it the worst.

You must be joking. The heat keeps people away. Not to mention the rattlesnakes.

[Axxlrod]

So suburban moms in yoga pants aren't allowed to hike on YOUR trails? Get over yourself. You're not that special.

[thelopez2]

Originally Posted by Buildingz R' Us

Is it even possible for a trail to become gentrified?

I didn't realize there were so many poor and homeless there but I guess that is how you like it based on your post.

[Cream1]

Originally Posted by Buildingz R' Us

Actually it has to do with development right ontop of the Foothills. Those mcmansions that have a killer view also have easy access to hiking trails. Those people i'm okay with. I'm sick of the Yelp discoveries Bros have been making. Yelp tells you every single neighborhood hiking spot, therefore leading to overparking of cars on residential streets. Let's not forget all the liter they leave behind, just a bunch of beer boxes and weed blunts.

I'm even looted a gram of dank off the floor from someone's drop. These are not the kinda people i want hoarding our space every single day. Make my words, every trail will look like Runyon Park by the Hollywood sign. It's already starting to look like it. Those of you who live in Burbank and Pasadena know what i'm talking about.

Thousand Oaks has it the worst.

Don't you have 7 previously banned accounts where you parrot how much you love buildings? Did you change your mind?

[Tex?Il?]

Ridiculous.

Would you rather everyone be disconnected from the outdoors and nature?

Granted I find crowds annoying and can be challenging to manage certainly, but there are really only a few trails in greater LA that really I feel are what the OP and Buildings R Us describes. Personally I enjoy seeing good looking Moms in yoga pants are enjoying nature as much as I am. They don't do so back east.

Runyon Canyon is the only park and trail that truly feels over-run little douchey/bro/Hollywood type. Even Griffith Park is large enough and has plenty of trails to accommodate crowds most of the time. Other places that are over-run not so much by soccer moms/douchey-bros to the point where it is not enjoyable include:

Eaton Canyon (the Nature Center area is great, just the trail to the waterfall sucks). I was disgusted by graffiti and trash at Hermit falls in Chantry flats, there's a couple others, but for the most part, I welcome good looking women in yoga pants on the trails.

[GatsbyGatz]

Facebook lurkers see all their friends posting photos hiking and looking awesome in their yoga pants. They proceed to be compelled to do the same. I live in Seattle and am bombarded with nearly all of my friends constantly posting photos of them hiking or rock climbing. Few other human activities generate so many obnoxious photos, but apparently our current generation thinks that everyone is impressed by all their hiking photos.