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Seeing the leaning tower in person was one of the funniest things I've ever seen in real life, I can't believe how hard it made me laugh.

It was cathartic to see it and think of all the projects I've worked on in the past that were poorly run.

Also while Pisa isn't much to see you can also walk the quite long Tunnel Di Pini and it makes for quite a lovely day of picnics and nature.

Though to be fair, Florence in general is hard to beat.




It survived for quite a few centuries so maybe that says something about projects that live on despite severe flaws.

San Francisco has its own leaning tower that's costing hundreds of millions in repairs and continues to discover new problems despite being only a little over a decade old, so it's a reminder that even today we sometimes screw things up.

Coincidentally I'm taking a train to Pisa a few hours from now so it'll be nice to see it for myself.




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