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Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by huevosabio on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @06:07PM (#38703213)
If short-term rentals were a problem, you cold just build more until you have abundance of shelter.

Anyway, short-term rentals are basically a symptom of making it hard to build hotels. Most of the time staying at a hotel is much more comfortable than staying at an airbnb.

Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by kelnos on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @06:28PM (#38703423)
> Most of the time staying at a hotel is much more comfortable than staying at an airbnb.

Sometimes! If I'm staying in a place for more than just a few days, I want a full kitchen. That's pretty rare to find in a hotel. Even small efficiency kitchens are pretty rare. And in most markets I can rent an Airbnb with a full kitchen for much cheaper than a hotel room with any kind of kitchen.

Beyond that, I generally prefer the Airbnb experience over that of a hotel. I know I don't speak for everyone there, but I think there are quite a few people with my preferences.

Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by pfannkuchen on Thursday December 21, 2023 @01:40AM (#38717726)
> That's pretty rare to find in a hotel

Is that possibly because it is so hard to build hotels, though?

Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by plorkyeran on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @07:48PM (#38704125)
I find the entire experience of staying in a hotel to be weird and unpleasant. When I travel I try to rent AirBnBs because I specifically like them better than staying in hotels.
Re:The housing shortage is larger than you think by dionidium on Wednesday December 20, 2023 @08:54AM (#38708688)
> Most of the time staying at a hotel is much more comfortable than staying at an airbnb.

It's trivially easy to see that this isn't true: you probably don't live in a hotel (or a structure resembling one), for example. Why not? The answers to that question generalize to travel.