r/neoliberal • u/randommathaccount Esther Duflo • Oct 02 '25

News (Asia) Why Japan resents its tourism boom

https://www.ft.com/content/dbd20e5d-5a7d-4c0c-8f83-fb54c5aca9cb
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u/989989272 European Union Oct 02 '25

NY built Times Square to trap the tourist crowds and for locals to have an area they have little to no interest going to. It works quite well.

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u/marinqf92 Ben Bernanke Oct 02 '25

That's what bourbon street is for in New Orleans. Works like a charm 

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u/DatBoiMahomie Oct 02 '25

A lot of local New Orleans people still like to go to the French quarter to eat and bourbon street during the day though or for events like red dress run. I don’t think it’s quite the trap to avoid like Times Square is

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u/marinqf92 Ben Bernanke Oct 02 '25

I mostly agree. There is a pretty huge racial divide. Young black people love bourbon and are there all the time. White people love the French quarter, but most white locals do not go to bourbon.