Pol Masdeu

@pmasca.bsky.social

Llengua i cultura catalanes. Catalan language and culture. Lecturer. University of Liverpool. ell/he/him

Barcelona “has become a parody of itself, a place from which the local population has been exiled in the interests of tourism and maturing investments. Doorways have sprouted combination key safes, a telltale sign of an apartment given over to tourist lets”. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

‘A vicious circle’: how the roof blew off Spain’s housing crisis

Rents spiral and neighbourhoods lose charm as cities report tourist flat boom and surge in housing speculation

theguardian.com