Video of passengers and gondolier ending up in canal water widely shared online

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    11 months ago

    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.

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      11 months ago

      can you imagine the complexity of designing, implementing and renovating a sewer system in a historical millenia-old city built on water?

      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.