Re:Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode
by MyPasswordSucks on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @02:54PM
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You should probably consume less sensationalist activist propaganda and spend more time delving into the actual unglamorous history of how, where, when, and why they came about. Chesterton's Fence [1] is a very relevant concept here.
Can cars be used as a weapon? Yes. Was Henry Ford a racist antisemite? Also yes. Do cars exist so people can run over Jews and minorities? No. (Family Guy cutaway aside)
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton#Chesterton's_...
Re:Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode
by fkyoureadthedoc on Wednesday May 14, 2025 @03:01PM
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Don't have to consume any propaganda. I just need to look at the zoning in my town and the shitty actions of my own HOA
I would recommend not living anywhere with an HOA. Hell is your unqualified neighbors pretending they're lawyers.
I don't know what you mean referencing black people.
The zoning laws i mean are: commercial vs. non commercial vs. heavy industry (loud, safety requirements).
Re:Airbnb Is in Midlife Crisis Mode
by fkyoureadthedoc on Thursday May 15, 2025 @09:18AM
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Zoning isn't as simple as that though. Zoning laws can restrict neighborhoods to with height limits, density limits, large minimum lot sizes, single family homes only, etc, with the aim of prohibiting affordable housing for undesirables.
Really? In practice it looks more like zoning laws exist so NIMBYs can increase their property value and keep black people away.