Backpackers Crimp Berlin's Style

I really can't think of a population of people I would more want to visit my city than international backpackers. But apparently the uber-hip Kreuzberg section of Berlin doesn't share my sentiment.

Kreuzberg has been for years Berlin's epicenter for counter-culture, squatting and underground art -- which of course makes it cheap, interesting and a natural draw to curious, low-budget backpack travelers. Problem is, counter-culture types are way apparently pickier about their neighbors than you would guess. And they are ticked off by the flocks of young travelers making their way to the neighborhood.

Britian's The Independent Newspapwer just ran a piece on the rising spat between the low-budget travelers and the low-budget, but apparantly sensitive counter-culture residents. Read the full article here.

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