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Between Promenade and Cardboard Shacks: Can Pastilla on the Brink of a Social Crisis

The Ma-19 Edge in Can Pastilla: Tourism and Temporary Shelters

Near the Ma-19 in Can Pastilla, improvised shelters sit beside tourist areas and difficult-to-use land.

Published: April 21, 2026
Between Promenade and Cardboard Shacks: Can Pastilla on the Brink of a Social Crisis

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What is the situation like around the Ma-19 in Can Pastilla?

Along the Ma-19 near Can Pastilla, the contrast between tourist infrastructure and improvised shelters is unusually sharp. The area is fragmented, with private land and restricted zones that make it hard to place official emergency housing nearby. That is one reason the situation keeps resurfacing in roadside areas rather than being resolved permanently.

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