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Anyone who has had to face the brutal Dutch rental market has no sympathy for Airbnb or their users.
by nutjob2 8y ago
Anyone who has had to face the brutal Dutch rental market has no sympathy for Airbnb or their users.
- himlion 8y agoExatly, I'm as anti big brother as they come but I'm not against this regulation. Airbnb has had a dramatic effect on livability in Amsterdam specifically.
- Carpetsmoker 8y agoI think Amsterdam (and more recently, Rotterdam) are not representative for the rest of the country though. A lot of the problems in Amsterdam are just because there are too many tourists. There are currently about 18 million/year. It's a small densely populated country, so 18 million is comparatively a lot. Problems in other nearby cities (like Rotterdam) happen because prices in Amsterdam are rising, so people relocate to Rotterdam. After over a decade of aggressively promoting tourism, the city of Amsterdam is now starting to realize that this is actually creating a lot of problems, and is now trying to limit tourism somewhat. Not a moment too soon if you ask me.