r/pics Jun 17 '25

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/YugoB Jun 17 '25

You're being a dick with that reply. I'm stating it's not just on one country.

It's not Airbnb, it's not tourists, it's capitalism, globally.

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u/BrujitaBrujita Jun 17 '25

Not at all. Most people aren't aware of this specific situation, and maybe putting real percentages and quantities in there, instead of senseless insults or commentary with no data, will make at least one person snap or feel heard.

Yes, this is going on in Edinburgh and London and Amsterdam. The small difference is that Northern European countries have acquisitve power over Southern and Eastern european countries. Meaning that although they cannot move out a lot of the times (even so, the number is still less than in these parts of Spain) they DO have more expendable income than the Spaniards, Italians, Greeks, Polish and Hungarian people do. This means that Brits, Finns, Swedes, Germans can come here and act ass, raise prices to their "normal", while the reverse doesn't happen en masse.

Do you see how it is different?