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We had an illegal AirBNB in our building in Berlin. Some guests were ill-behaved and partied all night. The person renting the flat was unavailable. You had no
by Xylakant 8y ago
We had an illegal AirBNB in our building in Berlin. Some guests were ill-behaved and partied all night. The person renting the flat was unavailable. You had no recourse short of calling the police. I’d be very much fine with a hotel or an old-fashioned BnB in the building where staff or a responsible person is available to take care of and discipline misbehaving guests. You can call that NIMBYism, but yeah, no unregulated hotel in my backyard.
- Anderkent 8y agoSo why not call the police?
- Xylakant 8y agoIt’s heavy handed and a hassle. And I shouldn’t have to deal with it. Simple as that. I’m also in the privileged position that I could, but for other people calling the police bears a significant risk of ending up on the receiving end of the police interaction. So, the onus of proactively dealing with this is on the person renting the flat to guests. And AirBnB fails miserably at that.
- iandanforth 8y ago"I shouldn't have to deal with it." is the core of nimbyism.
- Xylakant 8y agoNo, actually no. I should not have to deal with the totally avoidable negative externalities of you doing business is not nimbyism.
- toasterlovin 8y agoBecause the police can generally only do something at a threshold that is significantly more disruptive than your typical rowdy and obnoxious neighbor.
- Anderkent 8y agoNot sure about that location, but around here they might not actually do anything the first time you call it in, but if it happens regularly they will talk to the landlord.