lemme in@lemm.ee to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agoDrunk visitors, rocketing rents and homogenised cafes: living in Europe’s tourist hotspotswww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1external-linkDrunk visitors, rocketing rents and homogenised cafes: living in Europe’s tourist hotspotswww.theguardian.comlemme in@lemm.ee to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareSteefLem@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·1 month agoAh yes when i go on holiday somewhere, first thing i do is go to a property owner and demand they raise the rent.
minus-squarejenesaisquoi@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWhat happens is that owners throw out renters to turn the flats into airbnb places. Fewer flats for locals means higher demand means higher prices.
minus-squareBoinkage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 month agohttps://study.com/academy/lesson/supply-demand-lesson-for-kids-definition-examples.html#:~:text=Lesson Summary,-Our economy is&text=Supply is the amount of,want a good or service.
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoWhite I appreciate the sarcasm, the link provided is paywalled…
minus-squarefederal reverse@feddit.orgMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 month agoI don’t know why, but it does work for me. Screenshot
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoYou stay in a location where locals could stay, if it weren’t more profitable to use it for short-term holiday stays though.
minus-squaredaddy32@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoBut don’t the locals - by definition - already own a place? Is a big percentage of people in these places renting?
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt depends on where you go obviously, but most urban centers have a majority renting population afaik.
Ah yes when i go on holiday somewhere, first thing i do is go to a property owner and demand they raise the rent.
What happens is that owners throw out renters to turn the flats into airbnb places. Fewer flats for locals means higher demand means higher prices.
https://study.com/academy/lesson/supply-demand-lesson-for-kids-definition-examples.html#:~:text=Lesson Summary,-Our economy is&text=Supply is the amount of,want a good or service.
White I appreciate the sarcasm, the link provided is paywalled…
I don’t know why, but it does work for me.
Screenshot
You stay in a location where locals could stay, if it weren’t more profitable to use it for short-term holiday stays though.
But don’t the locals - by definition - already own a place? Is a big percentage of people in these places renting?
It depends on where you go obviously, but most urban centers have a majority renting population afaik.