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Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by capableweb on Sunday March 22, 2020 @09:43AM (#22654880)
On the other hand, Barcelona has suffered from tourism for a long time. Barceloneta (neighborhood right next to the beach) is a famous example of this where families who lived there for a very long time been driven out of their neighborhood, solely because of AirBnb and their like. Hotels were already regulated but when AirBnb appeared, regular folks started kicking people by raising the rents, then converting it to short-term rentals.

So, while AirBnb is both good and bad, I prefer to value native peoples ability to live in their places, rather than helping the rental market, that was just already stretched when AirBnb arrived.

Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by kortilla on Sunday March 22, 2020 @01:49PM (#22656892)
So what’s the criteria for getting to live by the beach then? Is “I was here for a long time but didn’t want to buy anything” a valid reason?
Re:Turns out claims Airbnb was taking houses out of the rent... by RestlessMind on Sunday March 22, 2020 @03:11PM (#22657651)
In line with rest of the human history, the criteria will be set by the ones holding the most power in that region. In this age, it would be the Barcelona government. And if it is like other western governments, it will be a tussle between moneyed interests and populist sentiments.