• titanicx@lemmy.zip
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    30 days ago

    What industry happens in those areas? Would you prefer a factory, maybe an oil rig. Or how about a mine. Great alternatives …

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      30 days ago

      you ever actually live in a ‘tourist’ town?

      name it

      Hawaii had a major IT project to be an international hub, thousands of jobs. This was early 2000s. State tourism lobby killed it.

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          30 days ago

          the original post and the problems the first reply is talking about is very pertinent to Hawaii

          you asked for an example, this is a real directly illustrative one

          the argument was something along the lines of development harming visual appeal (while having 10 story+ apartments in Waikiki)

          but it was and always is about cheap local labor to exploit

          tourism does not help locals any more than trickle down economics helps the average citizen