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Yet the temporary housing market in NYC (and probably in other places) is deeply, fundamentally broken-on-purpose. Public perception attributes this to the acti
by avn2109 13y ago
Yet the temporary housing market in NYC (and probably in other places) is deeply, fundamentally broken-on-purpose. Public perception attributes this to the actions of a hated group of entrenched stakeholders (landlords/hoteliers/etc) who use their economic power to buy political muscle and distort the market to screw the common man.
This public perception is perhaps near-isomorphic with reality in the most extreme cities, which is precisely where AirBnB is the strongest. Regulatory objections aside, this suggests they are a boots-on-the-ground solution to a real pain point.
At what point must the law be recalibrated to follow norms and good sense?
- JohnTHaller 13y agoAirbnb creates the painpoint of a hotel business being created in our apartment builds - our homes that we live in - against our will (and against the law, the lease we signed, and the lease the offender signed), with all of the noise, sanitation, safety, and privacy issues that go along with it. It's a destructive practice that comes at the expense of the folks who actually live here.