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werkschuwtuig
10y ago
There are lots of people who live in minority neighbourhoods in other countries. They will immediately recognize the environment. According to the statistics, these people are even the majority in places like the US or Canada. The no-go zon
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werkschuwtuig
10y ago
That depends on who you are. For travelers from minority backgrounds, it is good to know that they will not be running into a right-wing nationalist. So, yes, it would work absolutely fine for a good subset of airbnb hosts and guests. Furth
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werkschuwtuig
10y ago
In France, they call them ZUS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensitive_urban_zone . Everybody is in denial. Me too, actually. Sometimes, even the police admits the existence of no-go zones: https://en.wikiped
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werkschuwtuig
10y ago
Well, the long-term effect will be that you will only be able to get a decent plumber on an anonymous online platform, at which you will have to escrow a sizable security deposit in bitcoin first. Making that kind of threats to any of the p
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werkschuwtuig
10y ago
online rental platforms such as Airbnb could also be fined if they refuse to turn over addresses of rentals that failed to register. This is the part where it is going to get funny, and which will pretty much help shaping the future. So,