Never mind the decadent history of Venice, they could learn a lot from present day Venice too.

The place literally stinks almost all year round due to ageing infrastructure. It’s cracking and sinking and no one seems to have the inclination to want to fix the place.

And the minority population of locals truly resent the presence of all the outsiders, and frequently attempt to restrict their access to the lagoon’s infrastructure, despite the obvious fact that without the visitors the city would be a collection of formerly impressive, but currently derelict, buildings.