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Venice: The Disneyfication of Everything
On the slab wall of a random building in the narrow alleyways of Venice, someone wrote the sentence in black Sharpie, “Tourists bring litter the fun.” It was one of the first little things I noticed when I wandered the streets, an instant summary of the clash so many cities that rely on tourism face.…
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Where it all began… Pt. 2
The naive desire for more responsibility and to become more of an “adult” started much like my earlier changes in life, with no plan or idea where to begin. Jobless in the Dominican Republic After leaving Japan, I spent a couple of jobless months living in my girlfriend’s tiny shack in the Dominican Republic as…
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Where it all began… Pt. 1
Ever since people began asking me, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” I never really had an answer. Well, actually, when I was in 1st grade, I heard that garbage men make a lot of money. In my head, a lot of money means “the same amount as a doctor.” So,…