The problem is that often that’s not the case. There are plenty of people trying to do actual work in places like Lisbon, Barcelona, or Paris, and the economy would probably be better if people didn’t require a two hour commute because the city center got taken over the with airbnbs.
Of course they do.
It’s very much a hard battle though because the upper class who gets rich off tourism is staunchly against it.
The graffiti and squirts happen because of a failure of the political system, not because affected people or whatever are too lazy or whatever to impact politics.
Same thing with climate activism. It’s not happening instead of political efforts.
No, investors do. Some investors only buy property in the city they live in, but a lot of investors buy property wherever they think they can make a profit.
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The problem is that often that’s not the case. There are plenty of people trying to do actual work in places like Lisbon, Barcelona, or Paris, and the economy would probably be better if people didn’t require a two hour commute because the city center got taken over the with airbnbs.
Tourists don’t buy up property to use as Airbnb’s.
Locals do.
The local oligarchs can fuck off too.
That’s more like it.
What about the local government who allows all this to happen? Maybe if put under pressure, or even voted out, locals could see some real change.
But it’s easier to graffiti their own walls, and squirt tourists with water than to organize.
You don’t think they try to organise too?
Of course they do. It’s very much a hard battle though because the upper class who gets rich off tourism is staunchly against it.
The graffiti and squirts happen because of a failure of the political system, not because affected people or whatever are too lazy or whatever to impact politics.
Same thing with climate activism. It’s not happening instead of political efforts.
they don’t even need to be local oligarchs
No, investors do. Some investors only buy property in the city they live in, but a lot of investors buy property wherever they think they can make a profit.
Tourists took all the pixels