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The slum tourism point is a good one to keep in mind but you’re a little unfair to the fishermen here. There are many fishermen who choose the life because it’s
by molsongolden 6y ago
The slum tourism point is a good one to keep in mind but you’re a little unfair to the fishermen here. There are many fishermen who choose the life because it’s what they love. They aren’t toiling away in the mines to put a scrap of bread on the table—they’re out on the water, working in their community, captaining their own boat and doing work that is strenuous but fulfilling.
- SloopJon 6y agoIndeed, the author writes of the captain she worked for: > Originally from Connecticut, she worked one summer on a whale-watching boat in Bar Harbor, saw the lobstermen, and thought: I want to do that, that looks real.