I’d add the flair THEORY, but there isn’t one. This is my Reddit thesis.

Every time I have a discussion about all the negatives BM brings us annually, the inevitable comment is always made: “but it brings us a lot of money.” Does it? I mean really?

Hot August Nights, the Rodeo, even the rib cook off, (and unfortunately even) street Vibrations brings tourists who stay, play, spend. I believe these events really do enhance our economy.

BM is entirely transient. They don’t stay local and the few that do leave quite the footprint. The attitude from many is that Reno exists to support their good time, and they treat our city as such.

BM people suck. BM persons are great. Usually friendly and just fine. But BM people, as a group, are destructive, rude, and unapologetic in their pursuit of fun at the expense of our quality of life.

Whatever financial benefit comes from BM being nearby is likely just a blip on the spreadsheet. Especially since it’s already Labor Day weekend. The negatives of BM outweigh any mysterious benefit. Trash and traffic are the major issues of course. Crime (and there is a lot of it in and out of the playa. It is pretty subdued though because, well it’s nearly impossible to investigate and politics), major crashes and plenty of major injury and a few deaths in our whole region but also on the playa, and a strain on our regional public safety—- all of this makes me ask: is it worth it? I argue it is not.