Half of Europe's towns and villages have fewer residents than 60 years ago
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Some countries have really high housing prices and housing scarcity right on a border with another country where this isn't the case. You can get 30-40% differences just by moving a few km on the borders of the Netherlands. The reason this isn't that popular is that by moving like that you get to deal with different jurisdictions and tax systems…
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📜 Latest Top Story on # HackerNews : Half of Europe's towns and villages have fewer residents than 60 years ago 🔍 Original Story: https:// correctiv.org/en/europe/2026/0 4/21/half-of-europes-towns-and-villages-have-fewer-residents-than-60-years-ago/ 👤 Author: Pamar ⭐ Score: 24 💬 Number of Comments: 9 🕒 Posted At: 2026-08-11 05:46:16 UTC 🔗…
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Same in Greece, the countryside and even the islands are dying or declining. Everyone is moving to Athens or nearby big cities. Even most greek islands have become huge only-summer resorts and a large airbnb, most of their villages are almost empty during the winter. There are various reasons but the most important ones are that a big majority of…
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It appears that it is turning into a problem in Italy for another reason. In mountainous regions the streams would be maintained by the people owning the land. With people leaving the area the waterways are left unmaintained leaving debris such as large trunks as branches in the water. This effect is compounded by that the land that remains…
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This tendency started long before airbnb and foreigners started buying a "big majority of properties".People have been moving to cities for decades now. Many of humanities recent developments make much more sense at scale so people are going to places with that scale. Some prefer a quieter environment and don't move but most people rather have…
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That's very sad. Is there any governmental interest in some form of monetary incentive to maintain a particular trade in an area? I seem to recall some Italian towns/villages offering reduced priced housing for those that stay in the area and run businesses locally for a set number of years.As a foreigner, I very much enjoy holidaying in your…
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People move to where they can make a living. Globalization has largely killed farming as a viable livelihood (in most of the EU at least), it's simply not profitable enough unless you have a massive amount of land/cattle or have invested heavily in automation (usually both). Without that important sector, it's doubtful the trend will reverse…
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There are definitely some data missing, because in Czechia where I live there are some areas on the map with 100% decline in population like Libavá and Březina, which definitely have some population. I don't know about any village that would be totally de-populated.
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I feel this view is very localized and short term . Yes, Airbnb has an effect (potential big) on some of the people moving to cities. BUT the Airbnb effect maybe be big in some areas but definitely insignificant in other areas. My village in Peloponnese has absolutely NO Airbnb . Almost everybody have moved to the cities. There are 6 people that…
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It is sad what you mention.The commoditisation, clustering and gentrification of landscape and living is world-wide phenomenon.At Corsica FLNC fought with bombing against hijacking of landscape by vacationers. But xenophobia solves nothing.Revolution? Slow collapse? Some way out of the cities and back to the countryside? Idk. Time will tell.