The town on the Columbia River has a growing culinary scene. But a lack of affordable housing has priced cooks, servers and working-class staff out of town.
“priced out”
Man, I hate that term. Sure the business owners call it “sad” and decry the current cost of living… but they’re still open, right? They won’t pay their workers a living wage (yes, that depends on the area they chose to operate in), but I bet they vote for all the pro-tourism measures on the ballot every year. I bet they “adjust” the menu prices of their bar or bistro based on demand…
And at the same time, the local government needs to reign in the limitless greed of real-estate investors beyond just building one small lower-income housing structure.
Fuck everyone in that town, because they’re already fucking the workers…
“No one wants to work anymore.”
AirBnB has destroyed every “sleepy mountain town” in the country at this point. The only people left are the millionaires who owned their homes and a local business or two.
It’s like trying to get ahead by chopping off your legs so you can be holding more.
There’s so much lost in translation there… 😅😬
