36 year old long time HN lurker, born and raised in Lisbon.
Lisbon in some sense is like a tourism start-up.
The number of visitors has exploded in the past few years and like other mass tourism capitals in Europe (ie: Barcelona) the flood of tourism is bringing with it a loss of identity.
Eventually, like most successful start-ups its culture will be ruined by its own success.
Regarding the low-cost aspect, it's purely related to the low salaries that derive from the way we were fucked over on the Euro deal. Simple as that.
Have you ever tried researching the factual rational counter-arguments to that idea?
I think you owe yourself that, because repeating what you hear on the news is not going to make you a better [+edit] informed [/edit] citizen any time soon.
Lisbon in some sense is like a tourism start-up. The number of visitors has exploded in the past few years and like other mass tourism capitals in Europe (ie: Barcelona) the flood of tourism is bringing with it a loss of identity.
Eventually, like most successful start-ups its culture will be ruined by its own success.
Regarding the low-cost aspect, it's purely related to the low salaries that derive from the way we were fucked over on the Euro deal. Simple as that.