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"It" would become so crowded that it's not "it" anymore. A quaint mountain town is no longer that once you double capacity and build dense housing. Which, depe
by function_seven 2y ago
"It" would become so crowded that it's not "it" anymore.
A quaint mountain town is no longer that once you double capacity and build dense housing. Which, depending on who you are, might be fine or it might not be. There's no neutral right answer here.
But if someone grew up in a small town—and is now lamenting that it's nothing but tourists—building more accommodations won't return it to its former status. It'll transform it into something else.
- lukas099 2y agoI agree with you, but we've overweighted the desires of the "haves" too much and for too long. Communities change and they need to get over it.
- anon84873628 2y agoThis is an important dimension missing from other comments. AirBnB is just one inevitable manifestation of the underlying revolution in communication technology. That, plus shifting cultural factors has allowed "the market" to decide that some physical places have a fundamentally different core value prop than they once did. And for some residents that's a huge windfall. Let's remember that the AirBnB hosts, or the people who sold out to investment corporations, were all those small town locals at one point. They helped decided what was going to happen to the town. (Though we can acknowledge the game theory traps involved). I'm not saying it's right on wrong, but it's strange to "blame" AirBnB. The content of article amounts to "towns are finally deciding how they want to evolve in the face of changing culture and market forces". Good for them.