• guy@piefed.social
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    9 hours ago

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

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      6 hours 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.

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          4 hours 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.