No. That's not the reason. I'm an immigrant living in Spain. The root problem is the outrage of the rent price increase in cities. Spaniards have targeted three "guilty parties":
Tourism, because it helps drive the value of property up, and most Spaniards are tenants and not owners.
AirBnB's and what they call "real estate speculators."
Foreign capital in the form of investment funds buying property left and right (they may have a point with this one TBH).
Whenever I've tried arguing with them, I try telling them how it's normal for cities to grow in land value, that there's limited area and increasing population, and that in most cities in the world normal people move out to the periphery. They just complain about the rich and land speculators and propose rent controls and other state-indebting "solutions" like actually be given free housing by the state. They don't even realize how much economic value comes from tourism.
The real causes of their rent problem is the lack of construction of new housing to bring the prices down and the fact that salaries haven't kept up with inflation at all for many years. But they would rather just point at billionaires and their perception of wealthy tourists instead of agitating to incentivize housing construction.
They sort of have a point with the AirBNBs as well. I remember back in 2020 when coof lockdowns first hit, there was basically a rent crash in the touristy areas of my country's capital. Thousands of units suddenly showed up available for long term rent in downtown Prague. I'd be surprised if the same thing didn't also happen in Barcelona or Madrid.
Of course problem with leftoids is that even when they actually find a point, they lock onto the absolute worst possible solutions: nuke the last bits of the economy that still generate revenue, hike taxes, import infinity Africans, some bullshit about Palestine, ...
The tourists have been highlighting the degradation of Europe thanks to illegals too much.
Just like their push to censor citizens, they need to stop the information from foreign visitors getting back to their countries.
Yes, I've been reading for years that people can't visit Europe and find actual Europeans.
I back packed thru varios parts of Europe several times in my earlier days, each time 3 - 4 years apart.
The decline was prerry jarring. More and more shitskins everywhere, and the numbers kept increasing every visit.
No. That's not the reason. I'm an immigrant living in Spain. The root problem is the outrage of the rent price increase in cities. Spaniards have targeted three "guilty parties":
Whenever I've tried arguing with them, I try telling them how it's normal for cities to grow in land value, that there's limited area and increasing population, and that in most cities in the world normal people move out to the periphery. They just complain about the rich and land speculators and propose rent controls and other state-indebting "solutions" like actually be given free housing by the state. They don't even realize how much economic value comes from tourism.
The real causes of their rent problem is the lack of construction of new housing to bring the prices down and the fact that salaries haven't kept up with inflation at all for many years. But they would rather just point at billionaires and their perception of wealthy tourists instead of agitating to incentivize housing construction.
They sort of have a point with the AirBNBs as well. I remember back in 2020 when coof lockdowns first hit, there was basically a rent crash in the touristy areas of my country's capital. Thousands of units suddenly showed up available for long term rent in downtown Prague. I'd be surprised if the same thing didn't also happen in Barcelona or Madrid.
Of course problem with leftoids is that even when they actually find a point, they lock onto the absolute worst possible solutions: nuke the last bits of the economy that still generate revenue, hike taxes, import infinity Africans, some bullshit about Palestine, ...
About the AirBnB's, there's a limited amount of licenses for operating them, so the number is already controlled.