Barcelona is known as a students' city, indeed, is one of the favorite destinations for european students (Spain is the head of the list for Erasmus scolarship), and it's a fact that these kind of cities (or neighbourhoods) usually brings a party atmosphere.
After reading the article, I agree with locals of La Barceloneta to demand authorities to control antisocial behaviour, since they are paying the costs of the overpopulation of tourists, but this isn't the heart's problem in my opinion. What drunk people (or more in general, antisocials) do is a problem all over the world, and the police solution is only "beating" people 'til they'll stop (and then do it again and again), the problem in here is the crowd.
As the article said, only 72 lodges were legal at La Barceloneta, but actually, there are 600 operating. I think that locals must focus on this point. They should request to authorities to monitor the ilegal accommodations and close them down or force them to regularize their situation for the community, this way -in my opinion- the day-to-day of see antisocial behaviour will be decreased.
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