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Callalily

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3. We were in Amsterdam last July, and I'd visit again in a heartbeat.
Thu Mar 21, 2019, 07:02 AM
Mar 2019

Recently saw an announcement similar to above, and I don't blame the city of Amsterdam for discouraging or even banning some tourists. Many tourists have been so disrespectful, peeing in peoples plants, vandalizing property, encaging in loud parties all night, simply being rude to it's citizens. One gentleman approached a couple of young male tourists who were partying on the street near his home (he lived on a canal), and asked them to quiet down, after all it was 3 a.m. The tourists said that he should move if he didn't like the noise. This behavior and similar behavior is what's initiating the ban. The mayor of Amsterdam realizes that it's a bit of a "party town", but that doesn't mean tourists should be disrespectful.

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