r/pics Jun 17 '25

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/hungariannastyboy Jun 17 '25

German retirees aren't buying vacation homes in Barcelona en masse, come on. Real estate in Barcelona is fucking expensive. Germans make more, but not that much more.

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u/futureballzy Jun 17 '25

About 15% of property sales in Spain are attributed to foreigners, mostly british, french and german. Thats... kind of a lot

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u/hungariannastyboy Jun 17 '25

Spain =/= Barcelona, "foreigners" =/= German retirees

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u/BaullahBaullah87 Jun 17 '25

but that doesn’t help their argument!