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But how is it being unpleasant or you getting paranoid justification for making it illegal?

by thedeer 13y ago

mattzito 13y ago
Because we have the right to feel comfortable or safe in our homes. I know my neighbors, I trust them, or don't trust them as the case may be, but they're my neighbors. Given that so much of NYC is apartment buildings, where your safety, property values, and overall well-being is more intimately entwined with your neighbors' than in a traditional suburban neighborhood, people take the community of a building very seriously. There is no way that having strangers randomly inhabiting that building can improve the community. BTW, if the law were revoked, or restructured in such a way that it wasn't technically legal, and then building boards in NYC could make it against the building rules to AirBnB apartments in that building, would that satisfy your objection? Because I'd be fine with that, and i guarantee that 95% of buildings in NYC would have that rule within days.
- thedeer 13y ago
  I would argue just the opposite - you do not have the right to feel safe or comfortable in your home. If you feel unsafe then the only right you have is to move (obviously unless what makes you feel unsafe is something like theft or you being attacked). My objection stems from the fact that people sharing their own apartment with strangers is a scenario where two or more consenting adults agree on a peaceful transaction. Making it illegal then treats that peaceful action as something hostile. If the law were revoked or restructured, as you mentioned, and the owner of the building (maybe what you meant by building boards) made it against building rules, then that would certainly satisfy my objection. The owners most definitely have the right to do with their property as they see fit.
  - aioprisan 13y ago
    "you do not have the right to feel safe or comfortable in your home" Really? If I feel unsafe, I have the right to get that rectified within the confines of the law. When one chooses an apartment to buy/rent, the neighborhood is part of that equation. If all of a sudden I live in a hotel, that's not what I signed up for, and there are special zoning laws to protect residents from this kind of profiteering for the sake of it that destroys a neighborhood's culture.
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wavefunction 13y ago
It's apparently against the law already.

But how is it being unpleasant or you getting paranoid justification for making it illegal?

by thedeer 13y ago

But how is it being unpleasant or you getting paranoid justification for making it illegal?

Because we have the right to feel comfortable or safe in our homes. I know my neighbors, I trust them, or don't trust them as the case may be, but they're my neighbors. Given that so much of NYC is apartment buildings, where your safety, property values, and overall well-being is more intimately entwined with your neighbors' than in a traditional suburban neighborhood, people take the community of a building very seriously. There is no way that having strangers randomly inhabiting that building can improve the community. BTW, if the law were revoked, or restructured in such a way that it wasn't technically legal, and then building boards in NYC could make it against the building rules to AirBnB apartments in that building, would that satisfy your objection? Because I'd be fine with that, and i guarantee that 95% of buildings in NYC would have that rule within days.

thedeer 13y ago
I would argue just the opposite - you do not have the right to feel safe or comfortable in your home. If you feel unsafe then the only right you have is to move (obviously unless what makes you feel unsafe is something like theft or you being attacked). My objection stems from the fact that people sharing their own apartment with strangers is a scenario where two or more consenting adults agree on a peaceful transaction. Making it illegal then treats that peaceful action as something hostile. If the law were revoked or restructured, as you mentioned, and the owner of the building (maybe what you meant by building boards) made it against building rules, then that would certainly satisfy my objection. The owners most definitely have the right to do with their property as they see fit.
- aioprisan 13y ago
  "you do not have the right to feel safe or comfortable in your home" Really? If I feel unsafe, I have the right to get that rectified within the confines of the law. When one chooses an apartment to buy/rent, the neighborhood is part of that equation. If all of a sudden I live in a hotel, that's not what I signed up for, and there are special zoning laws to protect residents from this kind of profiteering for the sake of it that destroys a neighborhood's culture.
- deleted 13y ago
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wavefunction 13y ago

It's apparently against the law already.