Re:Venice Battles Flooding Amid Highest Tide in 50 Years
by ng12 on Thursday November 14, 2019 @12:51AM
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I believe that they exist. It's just Venice ranks shockingly low on the list of cities I would like to live in given it's cultural and historical significance.
You say there are other priorities that make Venice attractive -- like what? You still haven't made that clear. The nice parts of the city are completely given over to tourism, the hidden corners feel abandoned and listless.
Re:Venice Battles Flooding Amid Highest Tide in 50 Years
by Lucadg on Thursday November 14, 2019 @03:09AM
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I guess it's subjective but here's my list:
- no cars. This alone raises the quality life by an amazing degree.
- 100% walkable.
- you meet people you know all the time. Feels like a village.
- international. Many interesting characters live there. A village but an international one.
- beautiful and decadent.
And of course there's also a long list of negatives such as expensive, uncomfortable, wet, touristy etc....
When I walk in Venice I constantly meet locals I know, going around their daily life.
It's hard to see this unless you are with some of them.
And even if you see it, it won't tell you anything unless you are part of it.
It's fascinating to see how two different "species" of animals coexist and barely interact on a meaningful level.
I'm not saying it's a good situation but it's not a living museum, people live, work, love and fight there.
We can't dismiss them because we don't see them.