I get the frustration, but I don't think its fair to direct it at tourists. I don't believe for a second that the protestors aren't at times tourists themselves, and it's hard to see what directing abuse at random tourists visiting for a week, with no emotional investment or control of Spain's rental system, could possibly achieve.
Airbnb has been allowed to run unregulated in pretty much every market. Naturally this hurts areas where tourism is a major industry more than others--so again, I get the frustration. But geez, channel that back to people who can actually fix it rather than yelling at foreigners.
EDIT: Sorry I should add, I'm referring to not just this piece of graffiti, but also the similar posts that seem to appear on lemmy every few days.
Lived in Bcn and all this tourist hate is ridiculous misdirected anger. Tourists are good for the economy. Now the “tenedores” (people/company owning many properties), the locals that sold to them, lack of regulation/enforcement and opportunity outside the cities, those are bigger issues. But easy populist justification is: iTS tHe tOurIsts 🔫
There’s no single answer to that problem but Spain has around 4 million empty homes.
In a perfect world, yes, but at least where I live it’s easier to get rid of something by making it expensive and drowning it in red tape and tax code. People love their freedumb.
If the former residents had been smarter, they’d have worked at a job that made more money and simply purchased a home outright using their diverse investment portfolio as collateral.
Hmph!
Bullshit, the landlords could choose to rent them out for apartments, but that would be less money for them. It's the landlords fault much more than the tourists, because they're the ones putting them on Airbnb.
It's the government fault for not writing laws that protect housing for its citizens.
It doesn't matter how much you think it's imoral (it is) but the simple fact is anyone will always follow his nature given the chance. Landlords will landlord and tourists will tourist. Laying the fault on them and doing nothing makes you complicit. They won't stop ever, because it's not their nature. It's the government that has to force them.
37 Comments
Eq0@literature.cafe · 46 pts · 363d
In a very nuanced approach, I state: “Airbnb is the cancer of tourism, an already problematic industry”
Fizz@lemmy.nz · 36 pts · 362d
Blame government for not addressing this.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 362d
The owner class owns government, are the ones who actually make changesm
johnwicksdog@aussie.zone · 29 pts · 362d
I get the frustration, but I don't think its fair to direct it at tourists. I don't believe for a second that the protestors aren't at times tourists themselves, and it's hard to see what directing abuse at random tourists visiting for a week, with no emotional investment or control of Spain's rental system, could possibly achieve.
Airbnb has been allowed to run unregulated in pretty much every market. Naturally this hurts areas where tourism is a major industry more than others--so again, I get the frustration. But geez, channel that back to people who can actually fix it rather than yelling at foreigners.
EDIT: Sorry I should add, I'm referring to not just this piece of graffiti, but also the similar posts that seem to appear on lemmy every few days.
isar@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 361d
Lived in Bcn and all this tourist hate is ridiculous misdirected anger. Tourists are good for the economy. Now the “tenedores” (people/company owning many properties), the locals that sold to them, lack of regulation/enforcement and opportunity outside the cities, those are bigger issues. But easy populist justification is: iTS tHe tOurIsts 🔫 There’s no single answer to that problem but Spain has around 4 million empty homes.
Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 362d
Simple solution: tax the shit out of short term rental income.
ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 362d
Nah, ban it outright!
Caffeinated_Sloth@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 362d
In a perfect world, yes, but at least where I live it’s easier to get rid of something by making it expensive and drowning it in red tape and tax code. People love their freedumb.
solrize@lemmy.ml · 7 pts · 363d
Why is it written in English if it's in Barcelona?
benignintervention@lemmy.world · 64 pts · 363d
Probably because English is the international standard and tourists speak it
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de · 43 pts · 363d
It's speaking to tourists, who generally can't read Catalan
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 17 pts · 362d
For English speakers?
It's a trade language, if you're talking to tourists it makes sense to use a trade language.
NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org · 14 pts · 362d
Because they want tourists to understand.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 362d
For the audience, dear.
Frozengyro@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 362d
Also, this has happened everywhere, not just Barcelona.
waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world · -12 pts · 362d
Lol please don't criticize the landlords, this is purely the fault of the tourists
4am@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 362d
If the former residents had been smarter, they’d have worked at a job that made more money and simply purchased a home outright using their diverse investment portfolio as collateral. Hmph!
waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 362d
It's like they didn't even consider asking daddy to simply purchase the home for them?!
Passerby6497@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 362d
Bullshit, the landlords could choose to rent them out for apartments, but that would be less money for them. It's the landlords fault much more than the tourists, because they're the ones putting them on Airbnb.
waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 362d
Yeah no shit
FishFace@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 362d
whoosh!
Eheran@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 362d
Ooof, people here really did not see the sarcasm.
spirinolas@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 362d
Unpopular opinion:
It's the government fault for not writing laws that protect housing for its citizens.
It doesn't matter how much you think it's imoral (it is) but the simple fact is anyone will always follow his nature given the chance. Landlords will landlord and tourists will tourist. Laying the fault on them and doing nothing makes you complicit. They won't stop ever, because it's not their nature. It's the government that has to force them.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 362d
Send the tourists home. Send the landlords to the meat grinder.
waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 362d
This is the way
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 1 pts · 362d
Spain has built a pretty big tourism industry. Stopping people from coming in would result in a lot of unemployment.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 362d
But if the work wasnt necessary, this is a resource allocation and cruelty issue.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 0 pts · 362d
Who gets to decide what's 'necessary?'
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 362d
There are a lot of answers to that, snd i cannot think of a worse one than what we have right now.
But my favorite: the people doing and supporting it.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 0 pts · 362d
If you can't think of a worse system, you should probably read more history books.
outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 362d
So you just like this one and wanted to pretend there are no alternatives. Got it. Very intellectually honest. Carry on; i won't interrupt.
DagwoodIII@piefed.social · 0 pts · 362d
Carry on; i won't interrupt.
Of course you won't. We're on the internet, and I can post anything I want.
That's another thing you should read up on.