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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I do not get the hate against tourists. I lived in a tourist town myself for many many years. Tourists tend to stay in very specific areas. Go to Venice, Barcelona, Paris...Anywhere, and just a few streets away from tourist spots it's all quiet and normal. Barcelona is increasing the tourist tax to create more revenue, and tourism is a huge industry for the city. I agree about cracking down on Airbnbs, but no need to vilify people. As for the social media posting, I think people are basing this on what they themselves see on instagram from influencers and from a few hated acquaintances. It's pretty normal to TAKE pics, but I don't know anyone posting them obsessively. I have teens who don't do it, their friends don't, nobody on my Facebook does...If anything it is all viewed as braggy.[/quote]

This is the issue. Tourism has changed. Hotels used to be centralized around “tourist” areas and only impacted the immediate surroundings. AirBnBs allow lodging further out, and DO impact local communities. Most of the housing for AirBnB is not owned by local residents, nor in communities where people ever thought they would be dealing with a transient population.

I’d question I’d many of you would feel happy with this kind of real estate all over your neighbourhood? And it’s quaint to trey to compare, but DC is NOT the kind of tourist trap Barcelona or similar locales are, as fun as it is to visit (mostly for Americans) [/quote]
+1.  It's changed the life for the locals and I can see how that would be disruptive. [/quote]

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