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(n.)
The craving for worn and weathered destinations that are faded by years of real use rather than pristinely optimized for tourists.
The guidebook warned that the harbor town had “seen better days,” but her wornderlust read that as a five-star review.
Does it ring true?
From the future, or already here?
Worn spliced into wanderlust, with wonder sitting behind both. It is travel’s wabi-sabi: the Japanese reverence for imperfection and the marks of time. As journeys grow ever more frictionless, the rough edges become rarer and therefore more memorable.
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