They are everywhere.
We have seen them in London, Rome, Florence, Venice, Dublin...
It is a nice, sweet idea that went terribly wrong.
What was once a romantic statement has become vandalism.
The idea is to place a lock on a bridge with your names on it. Then you throw away the key into the water. It started around 2008 based on a story. Look what happened. Bridges are near failing from the extra weight. It became ugly and insensitive to those who live in those places.
On the Halfpenny Bridge in Dublin they started patrolling it and taking them off as they were applied. No long term commitment between bridge and lock or him to her.
At the Ponte Vecchio in Florence we saw maybe five or six and they would soon be gone.
Some folks are upset that they are getting rid of them. I wonder how we would feel if someone decided to just to carve "John Loves Mary" on the Washington Monument; it won't really hurt would it?
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