Rules, rules and rules.....

It's really terrible to see how old traditions fight to survive in the Ramblas. In the past decades we have seen the transformation of our street in positive and negative ways, but these last ones are mostly to be the common ones in the past years. First, the decision to move the human statues to the end of the Ramblas which, in my opinion, has cancelled this artistic spot in the city. Second, transforming the old pet shops into poor souvenir shops, with no references to what that piece of Ramblas symbolised more than a 100 years and last, but not least, the decision to struggle the flower shops which, due to the current economical difficulties, must also sell souvenirs. This is, again, a new way to transform the Ramblas into a more touristic site and not easy to manage for locals. Without us, the people living, selling and paying for its maintenance, the Ramblas would never be what they are! Please, sign on the booklet the flower shops have at the disposal of whoever wants to contribute to stop this.