> But one result has been very particular to Bologna: the consumption of mind-numbing, heart-stopping amounts of mortadella.
> If you are not already familiar with it, mortadella is a cold cut made of finely ground, light-pink pork dotted with white cubes of fat and, occasionally, pistachios. It and Bologna go way back. The slow eating of our city by mortadella shops started before Covid but accelerated when, as in many cities, lots of Bologna’s independent shops, cafes and restaurants went out of business during the pandemic. Many of those in the center of town were bought up by chains with deep pockets and a singular vision: to sell mortadella to foreigners.
> Downtown has changed completely. In the streets around the historic main square there used to be many old stationery shops — a favorite sold fountain pens, inks in every color and all the hand-bound notebooks one could dream of. It had been there for as long as I can remember, but was recently turned into an “Ancient cold cuts butcher.” It’s part of a chain. Just across from it, in what I think used to be a jewelry store, is a second self-styled ancient butcher from the same chain. When I asked the shop assistant how ancient they were, she replied that they had been open for three months.
People are going to rage against this article probably but this is very fucking funny.
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It’s easy , just increase the prices until you keep filtering out potential tourists .The Swiss do it successfully
But I can see why it is hard to implement such stuff in a large , complex country like italy
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lmfao
I expected this from the French, not you, Italy.
> But one result has been very particular to Bologna: the consumption of mind-numbing, heart-stopping amounts of mortadella.
> If you are not already familiar with it, mortadella is a cold cut made of finely ground, light-pink pork dotted with white cubes of fat and, occasionally, pistachios. It and Bologna go way back. The slow eating of our city by mortadella shops started before Covid but accelerated when, as in many cities, lots of Bologna’s independent shops, cafes and restaurants went out of business during the pandemic. Many of those in the center of town were bought up by chains with deep pockets and a singular vision: to sell mortadella to foreigners.
> Downtown has changed completely. In the streets around the historic main square there used to be many old stationery shops — a favorite sold fountain pens, inks in every color and all the hand-bound notebooks one could dream of. It had been there for as long as I can remember, but was recently turned into an “Ancient cold cuts butcher.” It’s part of a chain. Just across from it, in what I think used to be a jewelry store, is a second self-styled ancient butcher from the same chain. When I asked the shop assistant how ancient they were, she replied that they had been open for three months.
People are going to rage against this article probably but this is very fucking funny.
It’s easy , just increase the prices until you keep filtering out potential tourists .The Swiss do it successfully
But I can see why it is hard to implement such stuff in a large , complex country like italy
“Only I should be able to enjoy nice things”