Cold Plunge for Forty Dollars at the Spring That Used to Be Three Bucks
The gate attendant scanned my resident card, frowned, then charged me $41 for a day pass that included 'enhanced chill access' and a mandatory QR waiver; in 2001 the same trip was three crumpled dollars, a towel that smelled like chlorine for a week, and the quiet satisfaction of knowing you'd outsmarted August.
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