[Ed. warning: spoilers ahead!]
Everyone who’s seen The Wire loves it. But not everyone goes on The Wire walking tours of Baltimore, even though you can see the corners where the young hoppers sling and the bodega where Omar was shot. The tours go through real neighborhoods with real people living in them, which seems filthy: a combination of race and class tourism.
You can also go on walking tours of Jeffery Dahmer’s Milwaukee neighborhood. In fact, the first official tour took place this past weekend. It was met with a small protest, but what isn’t these days? One of the protestors, a sister of one of Dahmer’s victims, said that the organizers of the tours were “just as evil” as Dahmer himself. While that might be up for debate, there is something a little weird about wanting to be physically close to where the crimes took place. It’s pretty morbid. I can’t decide if it’s awesome.
How famous does something have to be to justify it having a walking tour? How heinous the crime? If there’s a market for it, and I’m sure there would be, why not do walking tours of random street crime scenes? The We Really Didn’t See It Coming Suicide Walking Tour? Check that, SEGWAY tour.
What are some walking/Segway tours that you would like to be a part of? I’ll give you a couple to warm you up:
1. Walking Tour of the Absolutely Worst Kids in the World
2. Segway Tour of the Best Dressing-Downs Ever
Have fun.
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