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It seems that many people are against AirBnB in their neighbourhood because they they don't like strangers there all the time, it's not pleasant, nothing happen
by honzzz 13y ago
It seems that many people are against AirBnB in their neighbourhood because they they don't like strangers there all the time, it's not pleasant, nothing happened yet but it might... stuff like that.
I understand those concerns but I think people who think AirBnB should be illegal because of that are forgetting something. People benefit from being tolerant to each other.
Everybody is sometimes doing something that is not pleasant to others. If you are trying to be ok with that unless they are doing something really damaging, they might cut you some slack when you need it - and you _are_ going to need it and when you do, you might _really_ need it. Social pressure is usually enough and people mostly avoid doing things unpleasant to others unless it's somehow justified or considered necessary.
Otherwise you are going to live in an over-regulated society where everything that can be unpleasant to somebody is illegal, you need a permit for simplest things like throwing your kid a birthday party and everybody is worse off.
- HelloMcFly 13y agoThere's got to be an acceptable middle ground though. I really think this is an area where some regulation is needed. I wouldn't want my building to become a hotel, and I don't want housing to become more scarce because landlords see more value in using it as a hotel room. At the same time, I also don't want to stop my neighbors from doing what they want either. One person commented that allowing a certain number of nights per year may be reasonable, and I'd tend to agree. It's a start, at least.
- potatolicious 13y agoThere's a point here, but there's also a line between tolerance and exploitation. I'm not against my neighbor renting his place out for a month while he travels in Europe, and help pay for his vacation. That's the sort of neighborly thing I'm willing to be on board for. But this, primarily, isn't the contentious issue. The contentious issue is when someone buys an apartment and rents it out full-time as a business venture. Me helping out his business venture by overlooking basic concerns isn't neighborly, it's being a pushover while he laughs his way to the bank. > "Otherwise you are going to live in an over-regulated society where everything that can be unpleasant to somebody is illegal" I agree. And the best way to prevent this over-regulation is to reign in bad actors without having to invoke the law. This is to say, AirBnb needs to go back to its roots as "I'm away from my apartment, who wants it" and not "I have 5 properties around the city".
- jbooth 13y agoBeing tolerant to each other is great, because like you said, there will come a time when that person is tolerant to you in return. Unless they're in your apartment building on a one night rental. Then, you'll never see them again and they have zero incentive to stay on your good side.
- honzzz 13y agoI think you are completely missing the point. The favour does not necessarily need to be returned by the same people. It's about tolerance accepted as general social value. Lets say that tolerance is some kind of a deal with society - lets all try to be tolerant and we will all benefit - we all have to do our part and if we do we build something together and we are more likely that others will tolerate our annoying habits (or sexual orientation or religion or whatever). Also you could say that this specific ' AirBnB tolerance deal' could be more like please tolerate my guests because I need their money right now and I will tolerate your [something annoying that you certainly do].
- jbooth 13y agoI think it's a bit much to expect a moral and social revolution just to support AirBnB. People are nice to people they're going to see again and generally indifferent/inconsiderate towards people they won't see. That goes double for new york.