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> It would be better if it wasn't literally gutting every city from Amsterdam to Bangkok in the process and turning them into hipster slums.

Do you not recognise that you were the exact kind of person ruining cities the world over?

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No, I don't think that's fair at all, since I didn't live in central cities for one thing (more often villages and small towns, or suburbs where I would be the only foreigner), but also because like I said above, the small number of long-term nomads who move to a place to live and work is absolutely dwarfed by the vast number of tourists who are now using up to 50% of apartments in places like Lisbon as if they were hotel rooms. I think there are sustainable forms of travel that don't place undue stress on local housing markets and economies. Your assumption is incorrect.

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