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To fend off tourists, a town in Japan is building a big screen blocking the view of Mount Fuji (apnews.com)

submitted 7 months ago by gedaliyah@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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The neighborhood suddenly became a popular spot about two years ago, apparently after a photo taken in a particular angle showing Mount Fuji in the background of a local convenience store, became a social media sensation.

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[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 22 points 7 months ago (8 children)

Deliberately making your neighborhood less attractive in order to fend off tourists seems like the worst possible solution to this problem. Why ruin the view for locals?

[–] TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

locals don't give a shit about 'views'. they just want to live their lives unimpeded by assholes and idiots

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 7 months ago

Don’t we all?

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