Water guns are back squirting at unsuspecting tourists in Barcelona. About a thousand Spaniards marched to demand a rethink of an economic model they believe is fueling a housing crunch and erasing the character of their city on Sunday.
Yup. If you’ve ever lived in or near a tourist destination then you can probably understand why these people are upset.
People are getting ousted from their homes (usually gradually but sometimes abruptly too) in favour of people that don’t even live there. It may be as small as a tourist trap displacing a local neighbourhood or as big as short-term rentals and a tourism economy pushing out the lower classes in an entire city.
Yup. If you’ve ever lived in or near a tourist destination then you can probably understand why these people are upset.
People are getting ousted from their homes (usually gradually but sometimes abruptly too) in favour of people that don’t even live there. It may be as small as a tourist trap displacing a local neighbourhood or as big as short-term rentals and a tourism economy pushing out the lower classes in an entire city.