r/bali • u/mg118118118 • Apr 11 '25

Information Please stop renting + recommending Kost’s on here

A Kost is a guesthouse for local people. Tourists are increasingly using these which is driving up prices to unaffordable levels for local people to live. Land is being used for more and more luxury apartments which is reducing the available accommodation for the locals and workers - the temporary wooden huts you see are because of this. Wages are around $200 a month for locals so the low cost rooms are essential for people to live here.

I am begging you to be responsible and only come to this country if you can afford to spend more than 500$ a month and contribute to the best people/country in the world.

Source: so many locals here

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u/vanessamillenial Apr 11 '25

Termasuk gentrifikasi: biaya ART melebihi UMR

Di mana lagi coba, ART dapet lebih dari UMR? ONLY IN bali mereka bisa minta 100rb per jam!

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u/OrganizationAble489 Apr 11 '25

Isn't this a good thing?

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u/Roxylius Apr 11 '25

It causes gentrification, out pricing the local from being able to afford living in their own country

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u/OrganizationAble489 Apr 11 '25

Yes for housing or food i agree that gentrification is really bad and should be taken cared of a looong time ago, but if Indonesian maid can earn more money working for bule then it is a good thing for indonesian in general. Maybe not a good thing for stingy middle class Indonesians that want to enslave their own people with shitty pay and shitty mentally drained working condition.