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[–] 6 points 5 months ago* (4 children)

only because tourism in these places crowds out all other industry, often on purpose

gotta keep local labor cheep for profits

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  • [–] -5 points 5 months ago (3 children)

    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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  • [–] 8 points 5 months ago* (2 children)

    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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  • [–] -4 points 5 months ago (1 child)

    Moving to Hawaii is far different then moving to say rural Arizona.

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  • [–] 6 points 5 months 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

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