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La Dolce Vita Does Not Exist

Why I don't share my life in Italy anymore

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Sarah May Grunwald
Jun 15, 2025
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A few weeks ago, on Substack, I kept coming across an anglophone man who lived in Spain. Week after week, he continued to post his farmers’ market hauls, which were lovely. What bothered me was that he kept posting how much he paid, and in his opinion, it was incredibly cheap. Why do people do this without any real con…

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