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A win for the hotel industry lobby groups and a loss for the general public.
by Old_Thrashbarg 11y ago
A win for the hotel industry lobby groups and a loss for the general public.
- themoonbus 11y agoUnless you're part of the general public who lives in a desirable area, and your rent is increasing because limited housing is being turned into unregulated hotels. I should say, I've used AirBnB many times and always had a great experience, but this isn't a clear cut "good" vs "evil" issue.
- ripley12 11y ago"limited housing" is the key point. Most North American municipalities have painful and binding limits on the number of housing units allowed: http://www.metafilter.com/148375/Anyone-have-a-Pop-up-blocker-For-houses#5989161 http://www.metafilter.com/148375/Anyone-have-a-Pop-up-blocke... Banning AirBnB is at best going to lower demand a little bit, it' not going to fix the much larger underlying problem.
- themoonbus 11y agoCompletely agree. I'm just saying it's not a clear cut issue of the public vs. the hotels. There are legitimate arguments for limiting someone's ability to rent out their living space to short term tenants that have nothing to do with the hotel lobby. As someone who lives in an apartment building with fairly thin walls, I can sympathize with some one not wanting a parade of short term tenants as their neighbor.
- danhak 11y agoA win for people trying to afford homes they actually intend to live in, and for their neighbors who didn't agree to live next to a hotel.