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What needs consideration are the people that live near the places that are rented out for Airbnb or Booking. It destroys the social fabric by injecting a rotati

What needs consideration are the people that live near the places that are rented out for Airbnb or Booking. It destroys the social fabric by injecting a rotation of strangers into the community, sometimes those strangers are also very problematic by e.g. throwing loud parties. On top of that it drives up the prices pushing out normal people out of the better parts of the city.

ProllyInfamous 1y ago
For about seven years, I lived between two of Chattanooga's top tourist attractions / revenue generators. Although our city has banned new STRs, pre-existing properties are grandfathered (which conveys with deed). >It destroys the social fabric by injecting a rotation of strangers into the community. Absolutely this. Literally half on my former neighborhood was AirBNBs, mostly small-time couples (1 or 2 properties) but also mega-owners (dozens). During my few years on the side of Lookout Mountain (a relatively nice part of the city), we had several small-time police altercations (typically younger folks with drugs/alcohol), but one huge event stands out in particular: a D-list soundcloud rapper concluded a raging party by attempting to intentionally burn the structure down [paid on a stolen credit card]. The only reason his group was caught: they posted TikTok footage of "they new crib," which included them trashing the place — it only didn't become a structure fire because we heard the smoke alarms early! I'm not sure what concessions AirBNB gave the homeowner, but very quickly the house was sold (and is again for sale). My brother lives nearby, and literally none [¡ZERO!] of his neighboring houses house neighbors. You get to the point that you just ignore everybody in the neighborhood (this constant stream of changing faces) and mumble bitterly to yourself when mega-AirBNB-owner purchases his tenth home/hotel. Isn't this why cities initially created zoning?! ---- Fortunately for me, I moved to a less-desirable part of town which houses zero AirBNBs (and lots of wonderful working-class neighbors).
- margorczynski 1y ago
  Yep, exactly what I meant. This is essentially privatizing profits, socializing costs. And it should be ended using the government. If you want to play hotel owner then build one without exploiting people that want to live normal lives with their families.
  - ProllyInfamous 1y ago
    >And it should be ended using the government. I was surprised by two things when Chattanooga banned new short-term rental applications: First) that it even passed & 2nd) that the grandfathering clause conveys with the deed on all future sales [†] But still I consider this a small and necessary victory to prevent future homebuilds from unhousing. A year later (last year) our surrounding county also placed its own bespoke STR restrictions, mostly different from the city's (of course!). [†] IMHO, these have ALWAYS been a violation of most SFH zonings (e.g. R-1), so I would like to see some sort of "phase out" or "non-conveyance" so that eventually everybody is following laws enacted of its constituencies —if not immediate/timed

ProllyInfamous 1y ago

For about seven years, I lived between two of Chattanooga's top tourist attractions / revenue generators. Although our city has banned new STRs, pre-existing properties are grandfathered (which conveys with deed). >It destroys the social fabric by injecting a rotation of strangers into the community. Absolutely this. Literally half on my former neighborhood was AirBNBs, mostly small-time couples (1 or 2 properties) but also mega-owners (dozens). During my few years on the side of Lookout Mountain (a relatively nice part of the city), we had several small-time police altercations (typically younger folks with drugs/alcohol), but one huge event stands out in particular: a D-list soundcloud rapper concluded a raging party by attempting to intentionally burn the structure down [paid on a stolen credit card]. The only reason his group was caught: they posted TikTok footage of "they new crib," which included them trashing the place — it only didn't become a structure fire because we heard the smoke alarms early! I'm not sure what concessions AirBNB gave the homeowner, but very quickly the house was sold (and is again for sale). My brother lives nearby, and literally none [¡ZERO!] of his neighboring houses house neighbors. You get to the point that you just ignore everybody in the neighborhood (this constant stream of changing faces) and mumble bitterly to yourself when mega-AirBNB-owner purchases his tenth home/hotel. Isn't this why cities initially created zoning?! ---- Fortunately for me, I moved to a less-desirable part of town which houses zero AirBNBs (and lots of wonderful working-class neighbors).

margorczynski 1y ago
Yep, exactly what I meant. This is essentially privatizing profits, socializing costs. And it should be ended using the government. If you want to play hotel owner then build one without exploiting people that want to live normal lives with their families.
- ProllyInfamous 1y ago
  >And it should be ended using the government. I was surprised by two things when Chattanooga banned new short-term rental applications: First) that it even passed & 2nd) that the grandfathering clause conveys with the deed on all future sales [†] But still I consider this a small and necessary victory to prevent future homebuilds from unhousing. A year later (last year) our surrounding county also placed its own bespoke STR restrictions, mostly different from the city's (of course!). [†] IMHO, these have ALWAYS been a violation of most SFH zonings (e.g. R-1), so I would like to see some sort of "phase out" or "non-conveyance" so that eventually everybody is following laws enacted of its constituencies —if not immediate/timed