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The historical solution to this (illegal tenant in an illegal short-term sublet doesn't want to move out) would be to have some vowel-suffixed friends encourage

The historical solution to this (illegal tenant in an illegal short-term sublet doesn't want to move out) would be to have some vowel-suffixed friends encourage them to move out. Which isn't exactly "nice", but at least has the virtue of being nicely economically efficient.

ChuckMcM 12y ago
I was thinking something similar, the AirBnb host however doesn't think of themselves as doing anything illegal so they constrain their thinking in that way. I have certainly met people over the years who exploit this in others.
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notastartup 12y ago
that's true, I guess a lot of underground markets, black markets operate under the hand of physical enforcement or intimidation, I guess the more unregulated a market is, even lead to death. ex. drugs, prostitution etc.
DanBC 12y ago
Landlord ends up in jail, and property ends up destroyed. Since the landlord probably doesn't have insurance, or has voided that insurance several different ways, it's an expensive method to achieve nothing. And that's if the tenents decide to leave, because they could just stay.
superuser2 12y ago
> some vowel-suffixed friends Sorry for OT, but I've never seen this phrasing before. I assume from context that you mean the mafia, but why "vowel-suffixed"?
- jsmthrowaway 12y ago
  It's a way of saying "Italians" while trying to avoid appearing racist by directly saying it. Many Italian surnames end in a vowel.
  - fiatmoney 12y ago
    It's called an allusion, and it has nothing to do with "avoiding appearing racist".
    - eli 12y ago
      Good, because it didn't work -- you sounded kinda racist.
      - mikeash 12y ago
        Would you have been less offended if he had just said "friends named Guido"?
e15ctr0n 12y ago
Looks like just the threat worked in the case of a soldier who went to Afghanistan and returned to find that his renters had become squatters. http://www.wfla.com/story/25320239/outpouring-of-support-for-new-port-richey-soldier-dealing-with-suspected-squatters http://www.wfla.com/story/25320239/outpouring-of-support-for...

ChuckMcM 12y ago

I was thinking something similar, the AirBnb host however doesn't think of themselves as doing anything illegal so they constrain their thinking in that way. I have certainly met people over the years who exploit this in others.

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notastartup 12y ago

that's true, I guess a lot of underground markets, black markets operate under the hand of physical enforcement or intimidation, I guess the more unregulated a market is, even lead to death. ex. drugs, prostitution etc.

DanBC 12y ago

Landlord ends up in jail, and property ends up destroyed. Since the landlord probably doesn't have insurance, or has voided that insurance several different ways, it's an expensive method to achieve nothing. And that's if the tenents decide to leave, because they could just stay.

superuser2 12y ago

> some vowel-suffixed friends Sorry for OT, but I've never seen this phrasing before. I assume from context that you mean the mafia, but why "vowel-suffixed"?

jsmthrowaway 12y ago
It's a way of saying "Italians" while trying to avoid appearing racist by directly saying it. Many Italian surnames end in a vowel.
- fiatmoney 12y ago
  It's called an allusion, and it has nothing to do with "avoiding appearing racist".
  - eli 12y ago
    Good, because it didn't work -- you sounded kinda racist.
    - mikeash 12y ago
      Would you have been less offended if he had just said "friends named Guido"?

e15ctr0n 12y ago

Looks like just the threat worked in the case of a soldier who went to Afghanistan and returned to find that his renters had become squatters. http://www.wfla.com/story/25320239/outpouring-of-support-for-new-port-richey-soldier-dealing-with-suspected-squatters http://www.wfla.com/story/25320239/outpouring-of-support-for...