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Re:The anti-growth state of mind on the Åland islands by coldtea on Monday July 08, 2024 @11:17AM (#40906180)
They'd rather be whatever they want to be, including poor (or merely poorer-than-with-tourism), if they can avoid tourists.

Being offered more money isn't a "bend-over-and-take-it" proposition unless one allows it to be. People can choose any number of things over it.

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Re:The anti-growth state of mind on the Åland islands by Arnt on Monday July 08, 2024 @12:15PM (#40906679)
There are tourists there. Waiting some tourists doesn't have to mean wanting any and all.

On the island where I was born (not Åland), they recently placed some large boulders to block access to a beach where penny-pinchers liked to park their camper vans for free. Good riddance.

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