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I live in London and a couple of years ago several of my neighbours had their flats on Airbnb, then my upstairs neighbour got married, moved out and had his fla
by 9387367 8y ago
I live in London and a couple of years ago several of my neighbours had their flats on Airbnb, then my upstairs neighbour got married, moved out and had his flat on Airbnb, that was a massive burden on us as we suddenly went from one quiet neighbour from never knowing who was going to be living there to lots and lots of noise and weekend afterparties, luckily our council took action but only after my next door neighbour also complained. Then I was priced out of where I had been living for 6 years, and it drove me mental seeing all those flats near me advertised as whole flats on Airbnb and realising I’d have to move further out.
I have pledged to never stay in an Airbnb, ever and tell my friends they shouldn’t rent a whole place either.
- w0m 8y agoThat's an argument against gentrification in general; not AirBnB. An area progressing is a good thing, but there are pointy edges to it and local residents not keeping up with the local market is one of the thornier ones.
- austinheap 8y agoThe same thing happened in San Francisco... in the super expensive neighborhoods... the ones already gentrified. It wasn't until the city started enforcing some of the short-term rental laws that it calmed down.
- jseliger 8y agoThen I was priced out of where I had been living for 6 years Your problem is actually zoning, not Airbnb: https://www.vox.com/cards/affordable-housing-explained/affordable-housing-crisis-housing-wage-map https://www.vox.com/cards/affordable-housing-explained/affor...
- TillE 8y agoLondon has many problems, but "zoning" (almost always seen from an American perspective) or lack of private development are not among them.