Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC
by braveo on Friday October 21, 2016 @06:35PM
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And yet, despite all of that, they were still referring to the hotel industry when they used the term "the powerful".
Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC
by eternalban on Friday October 21, 2016 @06:41PM
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That was acknowledged in prior response.
Do you have anything substantial to add to this conversation, green account?
Re:Cuomo signs bill prohibiting Airbnb listings in NYC
by braveo on Sunday October 23, 2016 @05:47PM
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The poster was arguing against something that was never said, I was clarifying. Despite what anyone may think about whether or not the hotel industry is "powerful", the article was describing the hotel industry.
That doesn't change because someone lands on a specific side of the argument and feels they have to make an argument about whether or not the hotel industry is actually powerful. None of that is required in order to understand what the article was saying. And indeed, it actively takes away from it by doing shit like spawning this particular tangent.
[& p.s. the hotel industry, afaik, has a pretty small footprint in terms of side effects on the average resident. Further, it provides a natural cap on the tourist flux in the city, which is a certain plus in my opinion.]