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Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by joshcohen on Friday October 21, 2016 @04:28PM (#12764404)
When I visited NY recently I found that hotel pricing was competitive with AirBnB.

Some people prefer AirBnB so they can feel like they live in the cities they're visiting, this certainly sucks for them.

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Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by nostromo on Friday October 21, 2016 @04:44PM (#12764574)
> When I visited NY recently I found that hotel pricing was competitive with AirBnB.

This didn't used to be the case, so you can thank Airbnb in part for finding a reasonably priced hotel room.

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Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by joshcohen on Friday October 21, 2016 @04:54PM (#12764672)
Indeed!
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Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by morgante on Saturday October 22, 2016 @07:17AM (#12768260)
No it's not. Given equal pricing, I unequivocally prefer hotels.

But hotels in NYC are insanely expensive. Please tell me where I can find a hotel for <$60 a night that is not infested with bedbugs/rats/cockroaches/smoke.

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Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC by mancerayder on Friday October 21, 2016 @08:29PM (#12766178)
And that's the key, isn't it, "competitive with..." Now the hotels won't have to compete anymore. I think you know what happens next.
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