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What is the name of the hippy tourist county?

The area OP is talking about is referred to as the Red River Gorge, it spans a handful counties (powell, wolfe, menifee, and lee county) which are in various states of development.

Definitely an interesting place to travel around. You can go drive 20 minutes and go from fairly developed tourist-ville with gift shops and well kept cabins galore to rough oil/logging roads with people living in rundown buildings in extreme poverty.

Lots of incredible natural resources that have been poorly protected compared to a lot of wild areas out west. Unfortunately it doesn't look like things are getting any better in that regard.

Red River Gorge is a gem for the rock climbing community. I frequented the area a few years back, there's plenty of places to dirtbag around outside of the tourist cabins. Hoping the continued development stays positive.

Rock climbing is what really started this whole thing honestly. I remember my grandmother complaining about all the "devil worshipping rock climbers" at the Gorge when I was growing up.

Funny how moving to a less homogeneous place gives you a lot different perspective on different people.

Slade is the city, Powell is the county

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