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by maeil 1258 days ago
Is this purely a Lisbon thing, or has it exploded over the last 6 months? I visited Porto last spring and there weren't any crowds nor many foreigners, it was pretty quiet.
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It's being blown out of proportion for click-bait reasons. The journalist and the people he interviewed are delusional too (ability of Portugal to tax). There is churn even with the tax rebates because of how bad portgual is. This thing would not work with taxes or expensive prices/real-estate.

Nomadism is ephemeral. The bubble will pop as soon as the new hottest place comes into the picture.

It is everywhere, in all major cities, Porto, Coimbra, Braga,...

This year quite a few thousand university students had to give up their place, because they could not find affordable housing.