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Please do explain. I think the sharing economy is brilliant and the way of the future. If there's spare capacity in the world, why should it not be utilized. U
by awolf 13y ago
Please do explain.
I think the sharing economy is brilliant and the way of the future. If there's spare capacity in the world, why should it not be utilized. Unsafe? Is it more unsafe to a degree that the ends don't justify the means? I doubt it.
- Diamons 13y agoPerhaps sharing tools, yes. Sharing cars, MAYBE. But sharing living spaces and housing, no. Housing is one of the most intimate services out there services out there. I have standards, I have rights, and I want to feel safe and secure where I live. I am a New Yorker and I don't want to feel like I'm living like a poor person with a hotel next door. EDIT: The very definition of a hotel - An establishment providing accommodations, meals, and other services for travelers and tourists.
- loceng 13y agoI think that's likely fear talking.
- pnathan 13y agoWhat's wrong with a hotel next door? People have to sleep somewhere... ...and for that matter, is feeling like you're living like a poor person a problem? O.o
- greghinch 13y agoWhy does having a "hotel" next door make you feel like a poor person?
- Diamons 13y agoI phrased my point incorrectly. What I mean is when I buy a house or rent an apartment, I want stability. I want to know who's around me and see familiar faces. I don't want the variable of some new short term resident LIVING every other week right next to me. It's like choosing to live in a rich neighborhood vs a poor one; I want to minimize the risk factor of crime as much as possible as do my neighbors.
- greghinch 13y agoThis sounds more like your own personal paranoia than any sort of rational argument agains Airbnb. The fact that you might have visitors from all over the world passing through the area only enriches the culture and worldliness. To assume that a bunch of tourists paying $150 or more a night will result in increased crime sounds baseless
- Diamons 13y agoI don't think there has to be a rational argument against AirBnB. I could create a business telling people that I'll tell you how to get rich, charge them $10,000 and then tell them "Work hard and look for opportunity." and you could say that's horrible and whatever else but there's no rational argument against it. Living standards isn't something you can rationally argue. I don't care about visitors passing through my neighborhood; I care about the fact that my neighbor is bringing someone new into my neighborhood every weak. I care about the fact that people in NYC can't find a place to live. I care about the fact that even though I live in a safe neighborhood, that can quickly change overnight because that's how fast the people around me can change. Yes it's personal paranoia but at the same time it's a debate and the residents of NYC are against it but people supporting AirBnB have said nothing but how good it is for travelers.
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- greghinch 13y ago> I don't think there has to be a rational argument against AirBnB. You may not think so, but I certainly hope laws are made by rational arguments.
- cousin_it 13y agoI think I prefer the system where each voter has one vote to spend on whatever they please, without having to justify their desires to others...
- workbench 13y ago> is feeling like you're living like a poor person a problem? O.o It is when you're paying NY rents.
- dreen 13y agoThat is very elitist of you. But then again, you did say you're from NY.
- Diamons 13y agoWhen NYC residents tell you we don't want this and some startup founders in California tell you yes you do, that is elitist.
- jlgreco 13y agoI am still not getting how you think it is somehow "pathetic".
- namdnay 13y agoI wouldn't say AirBnb is sharing. That would be couchsurfing