14515051:verynormalguy said:Govy
14515127:TRVP_ANGEL said:hows that freestyle ski website coming along?
14515375:jompcock said:So called "free thinkers" trying to be zootspace and break tables
14515375:jompcock said:So called "free thinkers" trying to be zootspace and break tables
14515382:ASSholebomber22 said:Imma start suitspace where we all work 9-5's downtown and rip sicknasty carves on the weekend
14515382:ASSholebomber22 said:Imma start suitspace where we all work 9-5's downtown and rip sicknasty carves on the weekend
14515382:ASSholebomber22 said:Imma start suitspace where we all work 9-5's downtown and rip sicknasty carves on the weekend
14515429:zoots_place said:ngl a lil urban video of a bunch of dudes throwing down in suits would actually go crazy. suitspace is actually genius
14515041:ASSholebomber22 said:Nederland
14515041:ASSholebomber22 said:Nederland
14515857:SmokedGouda said:Nederland is definitely a hippie palace. That and ward remind me of remote towns/communes in Alaska for some reason. The peak to peak is an epic drive though.
14515904:enso said:As a Dutch guy its weird to see that my countries name in Dutch is apparently a skitown in the US as well.
Even weirder to see it described as a hippie Palace, seems like it has more similarities than just the name.
14515965:SmokedGouda said:There festivals are wack and not too much of a problem, but there only source of income/an economy are weed shops
14516021:enso said:If you're talking about the country Netherlands and the way they deal with weedshops/coffeeshops, its really hard to estimate the percentage of the gdp it represents.
The Dutch "IRS" (tax authority) doesnt differentiate between weedshops and other restaurants/cafes. The percentage of gdp for all restaurant and cafes as a sector was around 2.5%. The Dutch bureau of Statistics had a rough guestimate that 1% of the Dutch gdp comes from illegal activities. Seems quite low, but they probably dont have an extensive dataset on this subject to do accurate statistical research.
Weed/hash isnt legal though in the Netherlands. But the sale and consumption of small quantities is decriminalised. Everything else in the supply chain for the weedshops is still very much illegal. So growth transport and storage are all still illegal. And for the illegal part of it, it is hard to exactly measure the value it adds to the economy.
The only reason it is because some of the more Christian oriented political parties still put the label of drugs upon it and block every idea legalizing the 'weed industry'. Only means that the government is missing out on some serious tax revenue and currently spends quite a bit on battling the illegal growth and distribution (supply to the shops).