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defacto7

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14. It's true...

Reply to behrstar (Reply #6)

Fri Nov 2, 2012, 03:03 PM

Nov 2012

The drunkenness is always a problem and I found Brits to be the most difficult. Tourists wander and for the most part are not stoned, just lost. Crazy streets if you are not familiar with them.

Amsterdam was always my home in Europe.

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Amsterdam tourist cannabis ban rejected by mayor [View all] Bosonic Nov 2012 OP

whew... good news for me. defacto7 Nov 2012 #1

Doing otherwise would be a bad idea jberryhill Nov 2012 #2

Good and bad here Franker65 Nov 2012 #3

I don't know where you were walking defacto7 Nov 2012 #13

clouds of weed smoke pestarooney41 Nov 2012 #16

bullshit zappaman Nov 2012 #18

Oh bullshit. n/t tabasco Nov 2012 #23

Thanks Mayor RobinA Nov 2012 #4

You might be able to do that in Denver or Seattle next year. Comrade Grumpy Nov 2012 #8

I being to Amsterdam several times and weed and hookers are a big tourist attraction vinny9698 Nov 2012 #5

I say you're wrong about the tourist draw.... defacto7 Nov 2012 #15

yeah and other than Broadway NYC has no reason to visit either. Please... nt TeamPooka Nov 2012 #22

Amsterdam is a beautiful city with many museums, including the Rijksmuseum, the Van Gogh museum, suffragette Nov 2012 #25

I am an American who lived behrstar Nov 2012 #6

I am amazed you left out the Australian tourists! Poll_Blind Nov 2012 #10

It's true... defacto7 Nov 2012 #14

I first read this as "Amsterdam tourist cannibal ban" spiderpig Nov 2012 #7

I love Amsterdam. Great city. Solly Mack Nov 2012 #9

1.5 million don't go there JUST to get high legally. maxsolomon Nov 2012 #11

so the mayor and the Dutch government figured it out azurnoir Nov 2012 #12

Bulbs are the typical tourist trap stuff defacto7 Nov 2012 #17

wise man shanti Nov 2012 #19

Kicked and recommended for the good mayor's common sense, logic and sense of justice. Uncle Joe Nov 2012 #20

smart man TeamPooka Nov 2012 #21

"banning the sale of the drug to foreigners could lead to more crime." and-justice-for-all Nov 2012 #24