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'Expats go home': Amsterdam's visitor boom angers locals


Trees are illuminated near a canal in central Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 30, 2017. “So: expats go home and leave the city to us.”“I am like a visitor in my own neighborhood,” said Bert Nap, who lives near the center. “You could argue that what’s happening ... is actually a replacement of the population” he said.Real estate prices have soared, leading to a squeeze on unskilled workers, whether they are native Dutch or Turkish and Moroccan immigrants. Listings have dried up. “I speak for myself and two or three generations before me.”


Source: Egypt Today December 05, 2017 06:00 UTC



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