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Airbnb has destroyed local housing markets and communities
Tourist convenience vs residents being priced out of their cities.
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29 minutes ago
Totally feel this. I've seen my own neighborhood change as more apartments got turned into short-term rentals. It's like everyone's more interested in catering to tourists than keeping the community alive. It's a real struggle when regular folks can't even afford to live in their own cities anymore.
22 hours ago
Residential buildings weren't designed for constant turnover. Noise, strangers coming and going, no one knowing their neighbors. It changes the whole character of a neighborhood.
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22 hours ago
I like staying in neighborhoods, shopping locally, eating at local restaurants. Airbnb distributes tourist spending beyond just the hotel districts.
22 hours ago
Cities can regulate short-term rentals without banning them entirely. Require registration, limit nights, restrict to primary residences. Balance is possible.
22 hours ago
Tourists have to stay somewhere. Without Airbnb they'd fill hotels that would have the same effects on neighborhoods. The tourism is the issue, not the platform.
22 hours ago
Housing shortages have lots of causes - zoning, construction costs, population growth. Blaming Airbnb is convenient but doesn't address the real supply problems.
22 hours ago
More people need to hear this. Sharing with everyone I know.
22 hours ago
Airbnb lets regular people earn money from their homes. Hosts use it to pay mortgages, supplement retirement, afford their own rent. Banning it hurts normal people, not corporations.
22 hours ago
This is a popular opinion but I think it's based on some wrong assumptions.