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I spent a beautiful sunny morning on the Fort Lauderdale beach today. It was great – pure sunshine, comfortable humidity, blue waves rolling in to shore. I stood in the shade of a large tree for a long time, just appreciating it all. Then I took a good brisk walk north to the Bonnet House. Heading back down A1A, I passed a huge busload of tourists, speaking some foreign language and taking pictures like mad. It looked like one of those tours where the driver says, “And here we have the world-famous Fort Lauderdale beach, where you’ll have 15 minutes to take photos and go shopping.” But it did get me looking around. So on my drive home, I noticed another gaggle of obvious tourists. These people were armed with video cameras and they were videotaping everything in sight. Then, to top it all off, on the 17th Street Causeway bridge I had to pass some guy driving about 5 mph, maybe, because he and his family or whoever were busy soaking up the view. Think, by any chance, they were tourists?
Well, ok fine – if you’re really coming back this soon, in large numbers, I say welcome. It’s nice to see so many smiling faces again. As a resident, I know how much we need you and, honestly, there’s a different feeling to the place when you’re around. You add a charge of energy and diversity that’s missing when there aren’t quite as many visitors on our streets. But now? Already?
Well, ok fine – if you’re really coming back this soon, in large numbers, I say welcome. It’s nice to see so many smiling faces again. As a resident, I know how much we need you and, honestly, there’s a different feeling to the place when you’re around. You add a charge of energy and diversity that’s missing when there aren’t quite as many visitors on our streets. But now? Already?
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