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MICRO ESSAY: “Wasting Away at Margaritaville” An exploration of the Resort Class

MICRO ESSAY: “Wasting Away at Margaritaville” An exploration of the Resort Class

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Mar 28, 2025
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The food court at the Cancun International Airport is an incredibly apt reflection of the 21st-century condition. Dante’s lesser-known 10th circle of hell. It is overcrowded and understaffed, everyone is rushing because their time is more valuable than your time, and you are in their way. Marriages are ending in this airport. The generationally traumati…

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