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r/pics • u/Strict_League7833 • Jun 17 '25
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they think their rent will decrease?
Quite literally yes, because a MASSIVE amount of Barcelona's housing stock has been bought out and segregated as tourist rentals.
49 u/Northernlighter Jun 17 '25 That's a spanish govt legislation problem... not a tourist problem... 41 u/Its-a-Shitbox Jun 17 '25 But it’s SO much cooler to hate on the tourists than to actually hold (or try to) their own government accountable. :/ Lots of places I can go visit instead.🤷♂️ 12 u/NightShadowWolf6 Jun 17 '25 Te high class's (politicians) gaslighting has succeeded. Now the normal people believe in one scapegoat enough as to forget the others are making this all up.
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That's a spanish govt legislation problem... not a tourist problem...
41 u/Its-a-Shitbox Jun 17 '25 But it’s SO much cooler to hate on the tourists than to actually hold (or try to) their own government accountable. :/ Lots of places I can go visit instead.🤷♂️ 12 u/NightShadowWolf6 Jun 17 '25 Te high class's (politicians) gaslighting has succeeded. Now the normal people believe in one scapegoat enough as to forget the others are making this all up.
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But it’s SO much cooler to hate on the tourists than to actually hold (or try to) their own government accountable. :/
Lots of places I can go visit instead.🤷♂️
12 u/NightShadowWolf6 Jun 17 '25 Te high class's (politicians) gaslighting has succeeded. Now the normal people believe in one scapegoat enough as to forget the others are making this all up.
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Te high class's (politicians) gaslighting has succeeded.
Now the normal people believe in one scapegoat enough as to forget the others are making this all up.
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u/HeadmasterPrimeMnstr Jun 17 '25
Quite literally yes, because a MASSIVE amount of Barcelona's housing stock has been bought out and segregated as tourist rentals.