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The reason guests is in quotes is because it's a silly term used by people in the "sharing" economy... sharing being another misnomer. They're not a guest, the
by JohnTHaller 10y ago
The reason guests is in quotes is because it's a silly term used by people in the "sharing" economy... sharing being another misnomer. They're not a guest, they're a customer of a (generally) illegally sold service... note the fact that it is "sold" not "shared". The same way Airbnb disingenuously airs ads in NYC about families "sharing" a room in their apartment and cooking meals for "guests" occasionally as a way to make ends meet when, in actually, most of Airbnb's revenue in NYC is made from illegal whole apartment rentals.
Entire classes of people who illegally operate unlicensed hotels and put additional upward pressure on rental prices in the surrounding market in addition to inconveniencing and affecting the safety and quality of life of neighbors should absolutely have "their economic rights" limited.
- aminok 10y agoThe fact that the service is illegal is a human rights violation. Liberal ideology is authoritarian and human rights violating.
- JohnTHaller 10y agoIt's also against the terms of their lease... you know the thing they signed with the person who actually owns said property. In your odd world view... the renter should be allowed to do whatever they'd like? Setup a chem lab. Start an auto repair business. Install a few factory machines and start manufacturing widgets in their third floor walkup.
- aminok 10y agoIt's odd that you think the only people renting places out on Airbnb are non-owner lease holders. Anti-short-term-rental laws apply to owners who rent their property out short term as well. I'm only referring to this subset of short term rentals.