I think I need to visit greece this year

i weirdly dislike that "white buildings - clear sunny pools" sort of aesthetic . feels void .

This is what you'll find in just the most expensive resorts, though. Other hotels are just regular hotels. I've been to Crete this summer and the beaches and streets were dirty, the buildings neglected, there were shouting merchants trying to sell their cheap touristy trinkets, and there were also starving stray animals on the streets that the locals didn't give a shit about. Don't get me wrong, I think Greece's Ancient history and culture are amazing, and the traditional architecture is beautiful, but it's just not what you see in these images. The reality is very different.

My question is how the fuck did they scrape up the money to build this when they can't ever get their economy straight?

Um, been through all of Greece and I can confirm that those are indeed only high quality expensive resorts. Greece is beautiful, but it's not what you showed.

And it has loads of stray cats to take home.

They certainly need tourist dollars