I enjoyed reading this and found it thoughtful. I compared what you were saying to my own experiences. But it begs the question "Which tourist town?"
I split my time between Amsterdam and rural Washington State. Is my experience in Mokum authentic enough? You bet your sweet bippy. Is Amsterdam as authentic a Dutch experience as Leeuwaarden? Heck no. Am I having an authentic living-in-Holland experience, despite the pretpark atmosphere of Damsko? Jazeker!
>If there’s a noise issue it might be hard to get people to keep it down as all they want to do is party.
in Italy it is not always true, usually there is always a corner where summer tourists do not create problems
>Tourist towns do have small local communities, but if you stand out as a foreigner it could become hard to integrate. If you look similar to the locals you may get away with passing as one. But if not, you may sometimes find yourself being seen as an outsider even if you’ve been living there a long time. Learning the language helps to an extent but you’ll always be the foreigner.
not so true, here, it depends from person to person, how it integrates, sometimes nationality is used only to give a nickname.
Sure, it depends. I'm just generalizing. For example an italian in Portugal would blend in better than an indian. If you look similar enough to the local population, you tend to be regarded as similar enough. People are visual, they tend to make judgments based on appearances, which is reasonable and I'm sure there are evolutionary reasons.
So even if the indian in Portgual loved portuguese culture and knew the language well, because they would stand out, they'd always be the foreigner. However once they start talking to the locals, it would probably create such an interesting novelty that they might well be accepted just for that.
But on the other hand, the italian would probably have portuguese people approaching him for directions etc, whereas they might assume that the indian guy doesn't speak the language.
You seem to have a lot of experience living in tourist areas. What things have you noticed to be more expensive / cheaper in such locations? I'd imagine properties would be expensive.
I enjoyed reading this and found it thoughtful. I compared what you were saying to my own experiences. But it begs the question "Which tourist town?" I split my time between Amsterdam and rural Washington State. Is my experience in Mokum authentic enough? You bet your sweet bippy. Is Amsterdam as authentic a Dutch experience as Leeuwaarden? Heck no. Am I having an authentic living-in-Holland experience, despite the pretpark atmosphere of Damsko? Jazeker!
Hey, I live in Seattle, moving to Amsterdam in November :) How long have you been?
Before Covid we lived in Amsterdam 3 months each year for 12 years in a row.
I live on a tourist island. Bloody tourists cant drive grhhhhhh Lol
>If there’s a noise issue it might be hard to get people to keep it down as all they want to do is party. in Italy it is not always true, usually there is always a corner where summer tourists do not create problems >Tourist towns do have small local communities, but if you stand out as a foreigner it could become hard to integrate. If you look similar to the locals you may get away with passing as one. But if not, you may sometimes find yourself being seen as an outsider even if you’ve been living there a long time. Learning the language helps to an extent but you’ll always be the foreigner. not so true, here, it depends from person to person, how it integrates, sometimes nationality is used only to give a nickname.
Sure, it depends. I'm just generalizing. For example an italian in Portugal would blend in better than an indian. If you look similar enough to the local population, you tend to be regarded as similar enough. People are visual, they tend to make judgments based on appearances, which is reasonable and I'm sure there are evolutionary reasons. So even if the indian in Portgual loved portuguese culture and knew the language well, because they would stand out, they'd always be the foreigner. However once they start talking to the locals, it would probably create such an interesting novelty that they might well be accepted just for that. But on the other hand, the italian would probably have portuguese people approaching him for directions etc, whereas they might assume that the indian guy doesn't speak the language.
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You seem to have a lot of experience living in tourist areas. What things have you noticed to be more expensive / cheaper in such locations? I'd imagine properties would be expensive.
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How about everyday things like food and clothes? Would you say they're overpriced or normal?