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 @6a9a286b the internet is a double edged sword. It’s nice to make people aware of a place, but then it draws in visitors who just want the instagram photo or influencers who want to make their ‘look at me’ content. It stops being about the place and the place suffers because of the influx of people and stops becoming the idyllic place it was originally touted as. 
 @c09f86d3 I live in a beach town myself (not nearly as stunning as yours by the look of it) and suffer the fools that tourists are on the regular. 
 @6a9a286b ah so you’ll know how irksome some of them can be. This beach is a 20min drive from home. We do have beaches in walking distance. This is my local.

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