sorry for the *stack link, but many writers i like from developing countries are on it, and this is an impt post:
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sorry for the *stack link, but many writers i like from developing countries are on it, and this is an impt post:
every time someone says 'hey it's so cheap to have a nice villa in bali' here's the exploitative math behind it
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the money quote
"Villa owner: Australian guy named Brett who visited Bali once in 2015 and decided he deserved to own a piece of it.
Property manager: UAE company with an office in Seminyak and a token Indonesian partner who doesn’t do anything.
Booking platform: American corporation headquartered in San Francisco.
Cleaning staff: Indonesian woman named Wayan who’s been scrubbing toilets for five years and still can’t afford to take her kid to the doctor without selling her phone.
But sure. “Locally staffed.”
https://wulanadlerunfiltered.substack.com/p/balis-40000-villas-and-the-8day-cleaners
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sorry for the *stack link, but many writers i like from developing countries are on it, and this is an impt post:
every time someone says 'hey it's so cheap to have a nice villa in bali' here's the exploitative math behind it
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the money quote
"Villa owner: Australian guy named Brett who visited Bali once in 2015 and decided he deserved to own a piece of it.
Property manager: UAE company with an office in Seminyak and a token Indonesian partner who doesn’t do anything.
Booking platform: American corporation headquartered in San Francisco.
Cleaning staff: Indonesian woman named Wayan who’s been scrubbing toilets for five years and still can’t afford to take her kid to the doctor without selling her phone.
But sure. “Locally staffed.”
https://wulanadlerunfiltered.substack.com/p/balis-40000-villas-and-the-8day-cleaners
"Bali’s water is disappearing.
The island uses 2.4 billion liters a day. Tourism takes 65% of that. Villages up in the mountains have dry wells. Rice fields that fed the island for a thousand years are turning brown. Rivers look like someone dumped a bucket of cement in them.But go ahead. Search “eco villa Bali” right now. I’ll wait.
See all those pools?
Each one uses 50,000 liters of water, got refilled every week. Chemically treated so your ass doesn’t break out. But don’t worry, the villa has a compost bin and they don’t use plastic straws so it’s basically carbon neutral.Villa listings love the word 'eco-friendly.' Many slap on green badges that look official but come from programs with zero third-party audits. The pool still uses 50,000 liters. The badge just makes you feel better about it. Then they print it out, stick it in a bamboo frame next to the Buddha head they bought at the tourist market. Feeling eco yet?"
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