Finally, the fucking Mayor does something right! Amazing move from Mayor Gianni Alemanno - at least on my chess board - thanks Gianni! In his first move towards protecting heritage and culture, as someone known to slash funding from theater, film, and the arts in general, he vows to protect the historic stores/caffes (that are accepted) of the historic center of Rome through the creation of a new association made just for this purpose.

I strongly believe that this city shouldn't let any chains into its historic center, taking a lesson from cities like San Francisco. I cannot believe they have not started this sort of action yet... Anyways, I wonder whats really going to happen with this new special "protection", it sounds almost mafioso hahaha...


With this new "protection" of artisans and shops, I might finally be able to calm my thoughts of moving farther away from the western worlds globalized McDonalds atmosphere. You know, I'm really in love with the soul of this city, and I've seen it change to much since I was a child. That elegant village chaos and its artisanal atmosphere is slipping away into time, finding itself only on the winding roads of my memory. The soul of this little town, which happens to be the capital of the country, is slowly slipping away.


I'm going to go ask some historic stores about what the advantages really are of this new protection.

More to come on this one...

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