"Dave Smith" > wrote in message
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> Diabolik wrote:
>
> >
> > >
> > > Italy holds 80% of the artistic treasures produced
> > > by the western civilization. Obviously you are
> > > not interested in that. Easy to explain why you
> > > prefer fast food to fine Italian dining.
> > >
> > > The opinion of a cultural troglodyte hardly matters.
> >
> > I was visting Venice one day when I heard an American tourist say:
> >
> > "Why don't they knock that building down? It's too old."
> >
>
> I have never heard Italian tourists say that here. But then, we don't
> get many Italian tourists.

Maybe because there are many other beautiful places in the world to visit,
instead of overated dumps in the US like LA or NY?

> They can't afford to come here :-)

Are you kidding? Italians visit many beautiful places around the world.