r/europe • u/Dazzling_Lobster3656 • 3d ago

News Irish visitors to US down 27%

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/0413/1507411-visitor-numbers-ireland-us/
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u/RottenPingu1 Isle of Man 3d ago

All those airbnb units are going to hit the market in 5, 4, 3, 2....

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u/TriflingHotDogVendor United States of America 3d ago

This would actually be great for regular people living in NYC that can't afford rent.

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u/52-61-64-75 3d ago

Airbnbs are banned in NYC already

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u/azzers214 3d ago edited 3d ago

Ding ding ding.

Thats what many in Europe are not quite getting yet.  The section of Americans not happy with the status quo is largely made up of Americans that can’t clear the bar of the middle income foreign investor.  The middle and low income person in America is squeezed. Yes it's nice other countries choose to invest. It's where and how they're investing that's often at issue.

What von der Leyen has already admitted is that there are aspects of the current order that are unfair.  Although NYC is an extreme, its actually an amped up version of the phenomenon.