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I think this talk of "community" is a bunch of hogwash. People living in cities don't have communities, they barely know each other. What they are really prote
by gridlockd 6y ago
I think this talk of "community" is a bunch of hogwash. People living in cities don't have communities, they barely know each other.
What they are really protesting is being unable to afford rising rent, which is caused by a lack of apartments, which is somewhat exacerbated by Airbnb, but zoning laws have a far bigger impact.
The same people who can't afford the rent anymore wouldn't want to live in (or next to) a highrise though, so the zoning laws still make sense.
- titanomachy 6y agoThis is pretty true for very high-density buildings in North American cities. It might be less true in lower-density areas in North America, and the rest of the world in general.
- tayo42 6y agoI don't know why you say that. People that live in a place get involved in local things. Events, meet ups, classes. Vacationers don't do that, they might drop in, but they're not a regular person showing up.