On: Barcelona buys apartment building at center of eviction protests

[rad_gruchalski]

And turn beautiful historical cities into American downtown copies?

[J_Shelby_J → rad_gruchalski]

Woah, I wish and dream of a city in America with a higher population density than Barcelona!

[rad_gruchalski → J_Shelby_J]

We dream about and wish for different things.

[dumbledoren → rad_gruchalski]

Yes. Because apparently, Europe has to meet the bloated housing demand that is being caused by American and foreign investors so that they can arbitrage and make $$$ by gentrifying the locals...

[profeatur → rad_gruchalski]

Someone hasn’t seen what Spanish cities look like outside the casco viejo…

[lentil_soup → profeatur]

Not the case of Barcelona, though. The areas surrounding the old town are specially beautiful

[rad_gruchalski → profeatur]

And skyscrapers are going to make it somehow better?