• Flying SquidM
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    1723 days ago

    I went to Venice in the 80s and it was trashed. The canals were filled with garbage. Tourists treated it like their personal property.

    I can’t even imagine what it must be like now.

    • @WillySpreadum
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      1723 days ago

      Having visited in 2019, it was incredibly clean. They charged just a standard transient occupancy tax of I wanna say a few euros a day. But that’s multiplied by 24 million annual visitors staying for multiple nights each. I need to read this article when I get home and see what the new funds are earmarked for, because I remember being happy with everything from cleanliness to safety to transit while I was there.

    • VodkaSolution
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      1523 days ago

      Been there last year: a bit too many rules but the city is very clean

      • Flying SquidM
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        623 days ago

        The rules are probably necessary considering how it was back then.