There are like a dozen small American cities overrun by tourists, because they are tourist attractions. The vast majority are not. And it’s not nearly as bad in Charleston or Asheville as it is in hundreds of small European cities.
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There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge." - Isaac Asimov
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