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>Are you sure of that? Pretty sure. I talk to my neighbors. I'm the secretary of the local RCO (registered community organization), we have monthly meetings wi

>Are you sure of that? Pretty sure. I talk to my neighbors. I'm the secretary of the local RCO (registered community organization), we have monthly meetings with the neighborhood. I'm also an admin on the neighborhood Facebook group. You can take my word for it, or you can look me up, if it's important enough for you. >What's in it for them? Well, for starters, once or twice a month, I pick up the trash on my street. I've got a roller bin, a trash grabber, gloves, and a big box of black plastic bags. I live in Philadelphia, we don't have street sweeping, we don't even have garbage cans on every corner. I'm building a theater on the first floor. It had been a magic theater, it's going to be an intimate multi-disciplinary performing arts space. Hope to make the lobby double as a coffee shop. When I bought this building, it was in terrible shape. We fixed it up, and during the process, discovered two colonial era privy pits, full of artifacts from the years leading up to and including revolutionary war. I've become a citizen archaeologist and something of a hyperlocal historian. I conducted my first neighborhood tour in conjunction with a local blog, Hidden City, a couple of months ago. Let me know if you've got any other questions.

PeterStuer 3y ago
I'm not saying you are wrong. Just theorising. All the things you mention seem unrelated to the Airbnb. You are clearly a forcefull figure in the local community. This might influence how thruthfull open people would be to you when it comes to crossing your plans. Maybe it's just that I can not imagine how a forever changing stream of occupants with zero longer term local interests can be a positive or even neutral compared to long term invested neighbours for anyone but the host.
- leviathant 3y ago
  Theorizing is important, but it's also good to test your theory. Again, you can take my word for it, or you can ask my neighbors yourself. If you think I'm at all imposing enough that anyone would hesitate to speak truth to me, you've never been to Philadelphia and met Philadelphians, and you've no idea what a pencilneck dork I am. It's important to look for areas of improvement, but you're foolish of you ignore the actual positives of the current situation as well, and only seek out theoretical negatives. As far as forever changing, I have several families that have become regulars. Some, annually for a music festival, others just like the price and location. Regulars or one-timers, they all typically spend more at local businesses than locals, or renters. Tourism has pluses and minuses, but so does any industry. My neighborhood is a blend of homeowners and renters. The landlords are less invested in the neighborhood than me, without exception. The homeowners are a mixed bag. The renters couldn't care less, I suspect that their mothers show up weekly to do their laundry and wipe their asses. (that's exaggerating, but you get the idea) The ones who are as invested, if not more, have lived here since the 70s in property they own, and are definitely NIMBYs. For better or for worse.

PeterStuer 3y ago

I'm not saying you are wrong. Just theorising. All the things you mention seem unrelated to the Airbnb. You are clearly a forcefull figure in the local community. This might influence how thruthfull open people would be to you when it comes to crossing your plans. Maybe it's just that I can not imagine how a forever changing stream of occupants with zero longer term local interests can be a positive or even neutral compared to long term invested neighbours for anyone but the host.

leviathant 3y ago
Theorizing is important, but it's also good to test your theory. Again, you can take my word for it, or you can ask my neighbors yourself. If you think I'm at all imposing enough that anyone would hesitate to speak truth to me, you've never been to Philadelphia and met Philadelphians, and you've no idea what a pencilneck dork I am. It's important to look for areas of improvement, but you're foolish of you ignore the actual positives of the current situation as well, and only seek out theoretical negatives. As far as forever changing, I have several families that have become regulars. Some, annually for a music festival, others just like the price and location. Regulars or one-timers, they all typically spend more at local businesses than locals, or renters. Tourism has pluses and minuses, but so does any industry. My neighborhood is a blend of homeowners and renters. The landlords are less invested in the neighborhood than me, without exception. The homeowners are a mixed bag. The renters couldn't care less, I suspect that their mothers show up weekly to do their laundry and wipe their asses. (that's exaggerating, but you get the idea) The ones who are as invested, if not more, have lived here since the 70s in property they own, and are definitely NIMBYs. For better or for worse.