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It is exactly as incredibly inconvenient as it sounds. Venice doesn't just hate cars; the geography physically forbids them. Since the entire city is just a maze of narrow footpaths and canals, everything from Amazon package deliveries to garbage collection and ambulance rides has to be done by highly customized boats. If you buy a heavy new couch in Venice, a guy literally has to row it down a canal to get it to your living room.
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