Paris hails victory over short-stay rents

Re:Paris hails victory over short-stay rents by gridlockd on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @01:34PM (#24557435)

I think this talk of "community" is a bunch of hogwash. People living in cities don't have communities, they barely know each other.

What they are really protesting is being unable to afford rising rent, which is caused by a lack of apartments, which is somewhat exacerbated by Airbnb, but zoning laws have a far bigger impact.

The same people who can't afford the rent anymore wouldn't want to live in (or next to) a highrise though, so the zoning laws still make sense.

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Re:Paris hails victory over short-stay rents by tayo42 on Wednesday September 23, 2020 @06:03PM (#24572648)

I don't know why you say that. People that live in a place get involved in local things. Events, meet ups, classes. Vacationers don't do that, they might drop in, but they're not a regular person showing up.

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Re:Paris hails victory over short-stay rents by titanomachy on Tuesday September 22, 2020 @01:48PM (#24557638)

This is pretty true for very high-density buildings in North American cities. It might be less true in lower-density areas in North America, and the rest of the world in general.

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