"Yes, do as I say!" - or how to shut up apt-get

$ sudo apt-get install ...
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
....
The following NEW packages will be installed:
...
WARNING: The following essential packages will be removed.
This should NOT be done unless you know exactly what you are doing!
...
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 3 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 18.6kB of archives.
After unpacking 5206kB disk space will be freed.
You are about to do something potentially harmful.
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Now I even need to tell my computer to "do as I say"...

Ski resorts, east coast vs west coast

Ok, not exactly representative samples but nevertheless.
Compare the Google Map terrain views of Stratton Mountain Resort in Vermont vs Squaw Valley in California. It's amazing how flat Stratton mountain looks compared to Squaw.

Well, just in case you don't want to click the above links, here's the map views. You can see the trails if you choose sat view.
Stratton Mountain:


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Squaw Valley:

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