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RE: An Open Letter to Backpackers: Your Cheapness and Spontaneity Are Unsustainable [trigger warning]

in #travel6 years ago

Haha Every now and then they have a good point lol.

I will check that post out.

I saw it a little bit in Hawaii. The locals there are pretty poor and the tourists, who can afford to fly there and stay in those hotels are usually pretty wealthy. The people who fish for living can't afford to live by the water because rich people want to live there and the property is worth millions now. Luckily there is a law that prevents them from owning the beach but that only protects the sand and not the land right next to it.

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The people who fish for living can't afford to live by the water because rich people want to live there and the property is worth millions now.

It's happening everywhere now. Fishermen are also selling their lots close to the beach. It's expensive. Rich people need their beach houses lol.

Very true. There regular people have a hard time because everything is priced for the tourists and the rich people who can afford to live on the beach. That place is super nice and it is really pretty in a lot of ways but there are some problems there too.

They are really good at protecting the land and the birds though.

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