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A comment on Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments. Parent comment

Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by lm28469 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @01:09PM (#19444287)
What kind of argument is that though ? You should go to SF or NY and tell them it's just a supply problem, they probably haven't thought of it before.

Do you know the cost of destroying + rebuilding bigger buildings in a city center ? Much higher than closing a few semi legal "airbnb hotels". And that's if you can even build in the city at all.

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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by ng12 on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @05:13PM (#19446992)
That's exactly it. They have thought about it but the people who complain about AirBnBs are generally the benifitors of artificially reduced supply. Nobody is renting AirBnBs in Bensonhurst, they're in the WV or Chelsea. World's tiniest violin.
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Re:Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments by evanlivingston on Wednesday March 20, 2019 @06:05PM (#19447466)
https://www.airbnb.com/s/Bensonhurst--Brooklyn--NY--United-S...
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