[C19fan]

If not for tourism there is no reason for Venice to exist. Its wealth was based on being the premier entrepot for goods from the Silk Road/Levant. Once that trade dried up as a result of the Portugese going around Africa, Venice basically froze in place. The place survived as a tourist attraction for Europe's elite until cheap travel and rising incomes opened it up to the masses. If no tourism there is no Venice.

[A message]

Well c19fan not like reality matters at the New York Times.

[MUDDOG]

Only thing wrong with Disneyland is the crowds.

[MeganC]

“If no tourism there is no Venice.”

Perhaps that’s the goal. I often hear of how the ‘delicate ecosystem of the Venice lagoon’ is at threat from human activity so perhaps fencing off Venice and letting it die is some angle the eco-nuts are playing.

[Steely Tom]

Can We Save Venice Before It’s Too Late?

Who's "we" ?

[avenir]

I’ve never been there. Is it idyllic or dirty?

[Crucial]

I thought it was going to say Venice was sinking rapidly.

But who knew the natives are forced to work in souvenir shops. How truly Orwellian. /s

[Diana in Wisconsin]

We'll always have Las Vegas!

[Steely Tom]

I can't believe the entire NYT article contains zero mentions of either "global warming" or "sea level rise."

The only "rise" they mention is the "rise in the number of visitors to the city.

This omission says a lot about those two favorite talking points of the anti-human Left.

[cdcdawg]

The NYT worried about the culture and population of Venice? That’s pretty rich. I thought open borders and multiculturalism were just grand.

[WENDLE]

“we”??? I can’t care.

[cloudmountain]

Venice already has a ton of pilings to "help" the old palaces stay afloat.

Also the Italians, once the greatest bridge builders, CAN get engineers from every corner of the world to help solve that problem.

As for money, they can get the EEU to bankroll the deal.

[JimRed]

Why?

[blueunicorn6]

Here’s the story from The New York Times.....

“Damnit! Why are these riff raff here ruining my view?”

[sheana]

I actually wanted to go to Venice and checked into it. Dam expensive!

[IronJack]

Exactly. Be careful what you wish for, Venice, or you might just “preserve” yourself right into a waterlogged oblivion.

[spel_grammer_an_punct_polise]

Venice is kind of like the Mississippi/Atchafalaya rivers. The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers has said that one day the Mississippi will merge with the Atchafalaya and will make New Orleans/Baton Rouge become ghost towns. They also said that they are simply trying to delay the inevitable.

Venice is sinking and will eventually be swallowed up by the sea. Engineers are simply trying to delay the inevitable because they realize the tourist value to the economy.

[alternatives?]

Don’t they still make venetian blinds there?

How do you make a venetian blind?

You poke him in the eye.

[Cowboy Bob]

If you go to Venice, you have to spend at least one night there. Most tourists come fo rth eday, nad leave by 6:00pm.

At night the city is empty, except for the locals. It's an entirely different city, and a nice place to relax in!

[ConservativeDude]

anyone else hear the adagietto of Mahler’s 5th the moment you read the first sentence?

[fireman15]

Oh, boohoo. Just 20 years ago the place where we live was an idyllic small town where just about everyone was friendly to each other. Now it is an apartment dwellers’ paradise with loads of good for nothing welfare recipients and hundreds of hijab wearing women driving new cars with six kids in tow who can’t understand why a grocery store clerk can’t cash her $6000 government assistance check.