How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London

Re:How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London by GekkePrutser on Friday March 18, 2022 @06:53PM (#30728654)

Lol this is typically something locals don't know yeah. I've also been reluctant to even visit tourist hotspots in the places I've lived. Never felt like waiting an hour in a queue with busloads of Chinese snapping photos and listening to a tour guide with a flag to make sure her herd doesn't lose their way :P Friends visiting me in Amsterdam would be appealed I never saw the Anne Frank House.

It's just not really a fun thing to do in your own town. And to be fair most tourist attractions are hugely overrated.

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Re:How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London by pm90 on Friday March 18, 2022 @07:04PM (#30728746)

The touristy areas of the world are de facto international property now. Because of rising income across the globe anyone that wants to can “travel”; all that jump in traffic the touristy areas were just not designed to handle.

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Re:How Putin’s Oligarchs Bought London by zhte415 on Saturday March 19, 2022 @05:18AM (#30732350)

IMHO the decline started with the jetliner. Before then, who travelled by cruise ship and who by steerage was clearly delineated and a natural cap on overwhelming numbers of tourists.

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