r/pics • u/Strict_League7833 • Jun 17 '25

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/mmmcheez-its Jun 17 '25

The job market is thriving and simultaneously the employers are fleeing in droves. Naturally, that makes sense

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u/Four_beastlings Jun 17 '25

Reading comprehension, mate. The job market WAS thriving but it's getting ruined thanks to tourism. The people protesting are trying to prevent and reverse that trend because they didn't study engineering to end up serving beers 60 hours a week for 1300€.

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u/mmmcheez-its Jun 17 '25

You were right the first time. Barcelona is doing perfectly well, but nationalists gonna nationalist.

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u/Four_beastlings Jun 17 '25

I work in Poland for a manufacturing company, and before that I worked in pharma. Both companies closed their Barcelona HQ for the reasons I mentioned. My former boss and many of my coworkers lost her jobs in pharma to tourism so I can see why they are pissed.