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Amsterdam sex workers protest against plan to move red light district (www.theguardian.com)

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[–] ECB@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know a few people who live in Amsterdam and they all said basically the same thing: as it currently is, most locals don't really go there because it's miserable due to all the poorly behaved tourists. I'm sure that there are plenty of locals that may disagree, but it seems to be mostly an area for tourists.

Like any situation there are going to be winners and losers, but I feel that this is most likely a fairly large net positive for most residents.

[–] Eq0@literature.cafe 1 points 1 year ago

As others have pointed out, it’s also a way to replace the soul of the city with something more economically interesting: clean apartments.

Amsterdam has a problem with gentrification on one side and “cheap” tourism on the other. This move seems to want to solve the later by amplifying the former…