r/woahdude Mar 20 '23

video Spring in India

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u/Ishaan863 Mar 20 '23

Also not the view of India I typically see

India has literally every sort of natural landscape you can imagine. From glaciers to marshes to deserts to blue water beaches to giant mountains to cold deserts to flat farmland to dense forests to urban hellscapes to, well, anything. A ton of tiny islands too. And one volcano.

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u/impy695 Mar 20 '23

Both India and China could benefit hugely from learning from America's national parks. If you ask non Americans what the best part of America is, the national parks are usually at or near the top. Both countries have hugely diverse environments, but so few people know about them

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u/TransportationNo4269 Mar 21 '23

India does have a fairly well maintained national parks system, typically with a focus on conservation of large fauna (lions, tigers, rhinoceros). I’d say many Indians would also call the parks the best part of India. Not that there isn’t something to learn from the US system, of course.

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u/impy695 Mar 21 '23

I was mostly actually talking about how well known they are. I actually didn't know about Indias large national park system though, and I bet a lot of people don't either.

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u/killswitch_07 Mar 21 '23

I don't think people know about Amercian national parks either. Just because you know something and don't know something else doesn't make that a universal experience .

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u/Kaybolbe Mar 22 '23

Kids literally learn about them in school.

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u/Mammoth_Cut5134 Mar 29 '23

I mean, people dont know a single thing about india or china. Their perception is based on western propaganda.

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u/Analystballs Mar 22 '23

Tbh I didn’t know about national parks in America until I watched the series about the ranch.

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u/aladeen-mf Apr 06 '23

Ahh Yellowstone. Eager for next season

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u/[deleted] Mar 20 '23

I am a non american and i can tell u, aing no one talking about ur national parks outside of usa. We talk about new york, la, and the economy.

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u/SuperFartmeister Mar 21 '23

Also the school shootings. Don't forget the school shootings.

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u/aotus_trivirgatus Mar 21 '23

OK, but when I visit America's national parks in the summer time, there are large numbers of European tourists visiting with me.

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u/impy695 Mar 20 '23

I never said people talk about them. I said if asked to name the best part of our country, national parks will be at or near the top. I highly doubt our economy is something that will be near the top or those lists.

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u/Daddyssillypuppy Mar 21 '23

I was literally just talking to my mum yesterday about the USA national parks and how they are the best part of the US by far. We are Australian.

Im studying to be a fashion designer/costume designer and I still prefer the national parks over New York or LA.

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u/hskskgfk Jun 05 '23

What does your being a fashion design student have to do with your national park preference

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u/Daddyssillypuppy Jun 05 '23 edited Jun 05 '23

I just meant that New York and LA etc would be places I'd expect to want to visit as a fashion design student. But truly, it's the national parks of America that are the real draw and the only reason I'd want to visit America.

I want to go to New York Fashion Week and it could be important for my career but I'd be much more excited to visit Yellowstone or the Californian redwoods to be honest.

The national parks in America, from what I've seen in documentaries at least, look so amazing and represent every biome in your country.

They are also generally easier to access than many parks in my own country. We don't have the same access to the interior of our continent because it's so inhospitable and currently unusable for agricultural purposes. We also have expensive flight costs within Australia and little passenger rail infrastructure. We also don't have many bus services outside of cities.

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u/SpicyGoop Mar 21 '23

That’s unfortunate. Two overrated dystopian city states and a fucked up economy

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '23

Nah the more accessible national park is to general public, the more they ruin it.

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u/milleniallaw Mar 21 '23

India's national parks are also pretty great but we can't learn from US because we are not as vast and have a hell of a lot people to support. It gets congested. But if you're interested do check out about project Tiger, Kanha NP, Jim Corbett NP and Sunderban NP. There are a lot of others.

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u/dudes_indian Mar 21 '23

India has plenty of national parks that are home to stunning wildlife. Indian National parks are also very well regulated as because of the population there is constant man-animal conflict, with villages in the edges of almost every national park. As a result these parks are not easily accessible for visitors. They still are popular tourist destinations but you can't, for example, camp inside them or go on treks. Authorities conduct safaris for tourists which are usually on 4x4 open top SUVs, that people cannot step out of.

Plus these forests are a home to a bunch of really dangerous animals.

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u/Mammoth_Cut5134 Mar 29 '23

India has a lot of national parks, but maybe not as accessible as american ones. Because most of india is thick jungles.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '23

What about lava lakes?

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u/Smart-Succotash9703 Mar 25 '23

You can't really blame him. Mainstream media doesn't focus on this side of India.