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Governments tell people what their property can be used for all the time. Even laissez faire countries like America use things like 'zoning' and 'setbacks' to
by michaelt 5y ago
Governments tell people what their property can be used for all the time.
Even laissez faire countries like America use things like 'zoning' and 'setbacks' to control what you're allowed to do on your own property.
- berkes 5y agoIronically, the zoning in US is far, far more restrictive than in most of Europe. So bad, that you often cannot even have a neighborhood café, corner pub, or local shop in modern suburbs. So bad, that you need to take the car to do shopping. For someone from western Europe, this is mind blowing insane: you need to take the car to buy your milk!
- imiric 5y agoWell, sure, but you bought property in those areas depending on if you wanted to run a business or use it as a residence. Maybe there should be a separate residence-as-business zone used for Airbnbs. Banning short-term rental properties feels like a quick bandaid to gain political points, not a solution to a market with a large demand.
- bkor 5y ago> Banning short-term rental properties feels like a quick bandaid to gain political points, not a solution to a market with a large demand. Seems more that you want government to facilitate running a business where it's not in the interest of that government, nor in the interest of the locals. Airbnb's aren't beneficial, plus they aren't checked as properly as a hotel. Usually it isn't banned, what they're after is that it is limited (days/year), plus the AirBnB income is properly taxed.