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[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 63 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Geezus Lisbon, get your shit together.

[–] guy@piefed.social 25 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Wow can't be fun to live in Tiran- holy fuck Lisbon!"

[–] Zedd00@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

Tirana got crazy quick. 2 years ago we rented a 3 bedroom in the center for €850/month. Now you frequently see 1 bedrooms further out for €1200.

[–] nimpnin@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Isnt it the expats that are driving up the prices

[–] mstrk@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

It's the construction restrictions, VAT over construction materials and a big influx of immigration on the last four years or so that are aggravating the housing bubble.

[–] guy@piefed.social 26 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Iirc it's not immigrants but Airbnb. I've read articles about it, but it might be somewhere else

[–] huppakee@piefed.social 9 points 1 week ago

I've read both are true. Tourism + digital nomand, because Portuguese weather is good and lisbon is relatively affordable, but i'm sure a local could give you a better answer.

[–] socsa@piefed.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Lisbon has pretty strict airbnb regulations though

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] socsa@piefed.social 5 points 1 week ago

That I don't know for sure, but they have a short term rental registry and the units are labeled as such and there are signs in some places and a general information campaign warning tourists against "illegal listings." Every place we stayed (4 total) was on the official registry. My understanding is that airbnb tends to play ball with these laws so as to not get banned, and most of the illegal listings are through scummy travel agents and smaller apps, which has kind of always been an issue.

[–] Tyrq@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's a pretty easy to avoid saying you're an American immigrant

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 week ago

Hate that word "expat". "I hate immigrants but I'm a white man with money living in a country I wasn't born in", or better worded, "immigrant, but also an asshole"