• poo
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    895 months ago

    On one hand, biting that hand that feeds

    On the other, I’ve lived in buildings with AirBnBs and they’re a scourge. The owners and renters of short term rental properties are mostly (not all) awful - residents should be owning property, not spoiled rich landlords eating up space for tourists. Fuck AirBnB.

    I also visited Spain last month and I’ve never felt so unwelcomed in my life while in Barcelona and would never go back, so I guess the anti-tourism is working 😂

    • kamenLady.
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      505 months ago

      I can understand that locals are revolting around the world. The amount of tourism exploded in the last decades. The way tourists are behaving all around doesn’t help.

          • sunzu
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            15 months ago

            Unchecked tourism is cancer that killing best historical urban locations and natural resources. Works just the same :)

            • @acockworkorange@mander.xyz
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              15 months ago

              One is a debilitating disease that traumatizes the whole family and usually said not wished even on the worst enemy. The other is… inconvenient contact with different cultures who came to appreciate your place and culture.

              They’re clearly the same, yes. /s

    • davel [he/him]
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      5 months ago

      Barcelona is a diverse economic engine; it’s not a tourism monocrop town. It doesn’t need your patronage.

        • davel [he/him]
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          5 months ago

          Did you think I wouldn’t notice you creating alt account dvb@lemmy.world today for the express purpose of following me around and downvoting? I guess I really hit a nerve. How embarrassingly petty.