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Because it shouldn't be a problem - but everyone wants to live in the best cities for cheap. What goes unsaid most of the time is that we should only be accommo
by Panzer04 4y ago
Because it shouldn't be a problem - but everyone wants to live in the best cities for cheap. What goes unsaid most of the time is that we should only be accommodating those who already live in said city (or, more hypocritically, the people who want to move into the city don't find it a problem when they move in, but do if its other people). Foreign immigration is an easy target, as are the wealthy.
The core of the issue is likely supply driven in most places - It makes no sense for an apartment that costs 300k to build to cost 500k-1m unless supply is constricted.
- ergocoder 4y agoThe local government is incredibly incompetent. We should accommodate anyone who is willing to bring in the money. There are tons of other better solutions. For example, why don't they just tax the shit out of Airbnb? The "we earn too much money" problem is just straight up odd.
- petre 4y agoResidents would likely get pissed on newcomers pouring money into a city and driving prices up. I've seen a protest in Lisbon against tourists. It's true that aside foreigners on golden visas it also attracts a less desirable form of tourism: cruise ships.
- bobthepanda 4y agoAlso tourist jobs are, by definition, almost always low income, because they are collecting bits of people’s vacation budget. There’s nothing more than the bottom rung there, unlike other economic development strategies.