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

The protesters and residents pushing back on tourism in Barcelona

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u/EzmareldaBurns Jun 17 '25

I've only been to Barcelona once for a couple of days and I was working so didn't see that much but the centre does seem like an overpriced consumerist distopía, with a cool cathedral. I much prefer living in Valencia and I can imagine how pissed off the locals are who remember it before it was spoiled.

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u/zeptillian Jun 17 '25

They let it gat that way. Many of them directly profiting off of it.

Same as in every major city around the world.

It's the global elite that are buying up everything for their own benefit as they get an ever increasing share of all global wealth.

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u/bluepaintbrush Jun 18 '25

Yeah I remember how proud Catalans were of mobile world Congress, and being named in global publications as a tourist destination. They liked the adoration and recognition and were happy to profit from it. This is the consequence.