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>extract wealth out of communities Yeah, you don’t have an axe to grind here, I’m sure.
by cycrutchfield 8y ago
>extract wealth out of communities
Yeah, you don’t have an axe to grind here, I’m sure.
- matchbok 8y agoI have an axe to grind against mini-hotels that operate without regulation that raise rents for everyone while providing massive money to a small number of interests. So yeah.
- jhall1468 8y agoSo, you're mad at Airbnb because the government isn't regulating it properly?
- rhizome 8y agoBecause it's only illegal because it's not regulated "properly?"
- jhall1468 8y agoAirbnb isn't doing anything illegal, the hosts are. If New York wants to put forward legislation that obligates Airbnb to develop a system for tracking that, great. But they aren't going to do it unless they have to.
- rexpop 8y agoWhat's that supposed to mean? Do you think this person was the literal, direct victim of such practices, and as such "has a [personal] axe to grind?" If so, although it exhibits bias, it also exhibits the phenomenon. That being said, there are _many_ communities upset by AirBnB's influence on their area. Example: https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_ad1c91ac-3290-11e8-97d9-638a6761b7cf.html https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_ad1c91a... Of course, Googling for that article turns up, primarily, AirBnB listings in New Orleans.