• poo@lemmy.world
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    4 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 😂

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      4 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.

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      4 months ago

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

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        4 months ago

        Lmfao whatever you say, my man

        Edit: oh I get it now, you’re a tankie

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          4 months ago

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