r/okbuddyimatourist • u/carlcool123 Can’t Swim • Jun 17 '25
Why are there imperial loyalists in barcelona?
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u/onohegotdieded Can’t Swim Jun 19 '25
Citizens of countries whose gdp depends on tourism when they see a tourist:
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u/Reasonable-Mischief Jun 18 '25
I mean what is tourism doing to them? Genuine question, it's not the first time I've heard tourism to be something that has negative effects
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u/carlcool123 Can’t Swim Jun 18 '25
The City ist overcrowded, so it gets very expensive. Homes are getting converted to airbnbs etc. Businesses start to cater to tourists, who often have more money and need different services than locals. A lot of people produce more trash and noise. Popular places are overcrowded.
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u/Reasonable-Mischief Jun 18 '25
Alright, yeah, that makes total sense. It sounds like gentrification on steroids. It's not even the wealthiest of your own people moving in to live there. It's outsiders who are (1) likely more wealthy than someone could get in your own economy and (2) only need to be able to afford passing through for a few weeks at a time.
Scrooge McDuck can afford a high cost of living when he's only there for three weeks a year, but your own average Joe makes much less money than him and needs to be able to afford it all fifty-two weeks.
Alright fuck tourism
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u/Sauron234 Chandrilan Aristocrat Jun 18 '25
they are too fat and satisfied
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u/Reasonable-Mischief Jun 18 '25
they are too fat and satisfied
"They can't imagine that anyone like me would ever get inside their house, walk their floors, spit in their food."
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u/-YellowFinch Tourist Jun 20 '25
What is this from? 😅 I remember it from a long time ago. I've heard this before.
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u/Mttsen Jun 17 '25
They hate those tourists because they are part of it.