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I need a clear argument for why having a comparatively small number of comparatively rich people come to your small town is actually something people should be
by karaterobot 3y ago
I need a clear argument for why having a comparatively small number of comparatively rich people come to your small town is actually something people should be deeply worried about. I've heard a lot of chicken little type catastrophizing without a lot of hard, unambiguous data to back it up.
I get that digital nomads might be annoying and boorish: people with 100x as much money as you, who don't speak your language and don't know anything about your culture, and live in a little bubble of luxury right next to where you are just getting by. That would make me mad. I could see rolling your eyes hard. But, are these arguments about them destroying towns and neighborhoods coming from a place of fact, or a place of emotion?
- mixmastamyk 3y agoI remember back when attracting money spenders to the area was considered great for business and jobs, and competitive. Sometimes have trouble wrapping my head around folks against it. What changed? My current theory is the housing shortage. Means that all community benefits flow towards rent-seeking real estate owners, everyone else just gets squeezed.