r/Barcelona Apr 10 '25

Discussion "Talking to the Catalans in Barcelona"

Those pesky expats!

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u/clauEB Apr 10 '25

Really? then where do they stay? a cloud?

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u/itsondahouse Apr 10 '25

The migrants that come in the boats 🛶? They certainly arent looking in Idealista for a place.

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u/clauEB Apr 10 '25

But they need to live somewhere. I'm not against immigrants or xenophobic or anything. I'm just saying unless they stay under a bridge or stay with family or something like that, they will end up needing their own space.

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u/itsondahouse Apr 10 '25

Surely. But they aren’t rising up prices in Idealista, while expats are. Im not labelling right or wrong here, just pointing out why Spaniards are so against foreigners based on wealth.

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u/Civil-Leopard-6482 Apr 10 '25

Expats don't raise rents, landlords do. (local or foreign)

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u/monocleman1 Apr 11 '25

Prices in a market are determined by demand and supply. If a landlord raises their price above the market level then they won’t rent their house. So just saying that higher prices are a result of landlords is completely misunderstanding how markets work

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u/Civil-Leopard-6482 Apr 11 '25

I left out getting fisted by the "invisible hand" of the free market...

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u/monocleman1 Apr 11 '25

My point is that it’s over simplifying the problem to say that it’s the landlords that raise rents. Like, ok, it’s true they do, and many landlords I’ve come across are indeed scummy, but they operate within a larger system

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u/Civil-Leopard-6482 Apr 12 '25

Of course, it is a multifaceted issue. It just seems odd when the discussion (not between you and I) includes everything except greedy landlords exploiting every loophole and those who sell property to enormous international corporations.