Venice gondola capsizes after tourists refuse to sit down and stop taking selfies
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Video of passengers and gondolier ending up in canal water widely shared online
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Maybe it's just me, but I thought the residents were always disrespectful of the city.
Something like Venice having the filthiest water of any city because the residents just dump their trash into it.
I dunno, I never really understood the reverence for Italian culture 🤷
They always seem to put the shittiest people on top while good people go unnoticed.
The italian mind for sure tolerates more contradiction than most, but that doesn't mean italian people can't complain.
Also, there is a lot of different factors at play in your comment. Even only in regards to sewers, can you imagine the complexity of designing, implementing and renovating a sewer system in a historical millenia-old city built on water?
Reverence is a projection, I don't think italians demand reverence, but respect and empathy would be a nice start.
While I have limited knowledge about the exact construction of Venice. I'd imagine localised aerobic septic systems would be a tolerable solution. The water coming out of those will have a slight mildewy/musty smell to it but is (allegedly) potable.
If it's my house, I can mess it up. If you're a guest, you behave better.