Why does everyone seem to blame digital nomads - that seems lazy and probably not backed by numbers. I bet if you actually look into it, there’s way more retirees from northern European countries in the desirable sunny, warm places. And those ones actually have money to spend and buy property, etc.
Also, if “capitalism” means “freedom of movement” of people and of money I think I’m gonna stick with that system versus the alternatives that we’ve seen play out… also, people do not wanna hear this ever - but the solution is often to build more housing, to build housing up (meaning vertical). For example, more people would be interested in moving out of London if housing was affordable.
Hardly, I did that once (it was great). But we were just a few hundred vs a couple thousand. And really only 30% were actually true digital nomads (in the remote job/biz, real income sense); the others were just your typical travelers going along with the trend.
> Why does everyone seem to blame digital nomads - that seems lazy and probably not backed by numbers. I bet if you actually look into it, there’s way more retirees from northern European countries in the desirable sunny, warm places. And those ones actually have money to spend and buy property, etc.
Most retirees mostly choose Costa del Sol. Barcelona usually attracts said "digital nomads" to have vibrant atmosphere of "international crowd"... and even until recently it was "very cheap".
> Also, if “capitalism” means “freedom of movement” of people and of money I think I’m gonna stick with that system versus the alternatives that we’ve seen play out…
Why do you think you are entitled to FoM?
> also, people do not wanna hear this ever - but the solution is often to build more housing, to build housing up (meaning vertical).
Barcelona is one of the densely populated cities... What's more, it's usually building up (though luckily those are not skyscraper but sane 4-8 storeys which makes living there nicer). There is also problem with spreading out due to geography but still lots of people go to Sabadell, Terrassa o Mataró and everything in-between.
> For example, more people would be interested in moving out of London if housing was affordable.
Welcome to the UK, where old NIMBYs rule the world (you seem to be thrilled by the system of "people with money" doing the f* they want, including blocking everyone else) and public transit being ruled by "capitalism" (i.e. "money rule the world")... so... everything is perfect according to your worldview? :P
Also, if “capitalism” means “freedom of movement” of people and of money I think I’m gonna stick with that system versus the alternatives that we’ve seen play out… also, people do not wanna hear this ever - but the solution is often to build more housing, to build housing up (meaning vertical). For example, more people would be interested in moving out of London if housing was affordable.