BuzzFeed - On a visit to Williamsburg, Amsterdam's deputy mayor talked about the impact of tourism, Airbnb and gentrification. "You have to preserve the diversity of an area." Moyan Brenn / Via Flickr: aigle_dore Kajsa Ollongren, the deputy mayor of Amsterdam, feels right at home in Brooklyn. "I think it's really vibrant, I love it. You can tell it is a place where lots of things have changed. And where lots of things are happening," she told BuzzFeed News, sitting at a reclaimed wood table in the garage turned design collective turned restaurant Kinfolk, overlooking Wythe Avenue in Williamsburg. "The mix of things is beautiful. We have street art, but nothing this big. Much like Amsterdam, it's so dynamic and rapidly changing." The borough in New York City, a place once known as New Amsterdam, is growing increasingly similar to its former namesake, Ollongren said. And it's facing similar challenges. Gentrification, tourism
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