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Visitors don't get a vote. New York is for New Yorkers.
by guelo 10y ago
Visitors don't get a vote. New York is for New Yorkers.
- sbarre 10y agoTell that to everyone who lives on tourism dollars. Visitors vote with the money they spend in New York.
- tptacek 10y agoI don't think NYC needs the help.
- hueving 10y agoTourism resulted in 45 billion spending. That number even ignores figures from people that travel there to do deals with companies, etc. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_New_York_City https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tourism_in_New_York_City
- tedunangst 10y agoHow did New York survive before airbnb???
- eherot 10y agoIt created fewer new jobs for the people who already live there, which presumably resulted in lower wages on average. Supply + demand and all.
- hueving 10y agoThe same way it survived when it has insane crime rates. But nobody is advocating bringing back crime, are they?
- tptacek 10y agoWhat new thing could you not argue for by comparing it to higher crime rate? Why stop with crime? Your argument might be even more compelling if you used cholera as your baseline.
- enobrev 10y agoAre you suggesting that if AirBNB disappeared, people would stop visiting New York?
- hueving 10y agoNew york would whither on the vine if it weren't for visitors. Being a world class city means people have to be able to travel there with ease.