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Re:Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy by temphn on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @04:26PM (#5105387) 

  e) urge your representative in government
Well, there are 700,000 people in the average Congressional district. Go ahead and urge, it will do nothing. You need some kind of political megaphone (like a newspaper) to get them to listen.

  I also see absolutely no reason why supporting regulation 
  of short term rentals somehow commits you to supporting a 
  failed section 8 program, other than that the government is 
  involved in both.
The point is: should we trust the same government which is moving in murderers next door to intercede? As for whether the program is failed, no argument there from me, but has "urging your representative" done anything about it?

The idea that new laws will solve a problem is the fundamental fallacy. Who is enforcing the laws? What is their track record on other problems? And so why do you trust them?

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Re:Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy by 205guy on Thursday January 24, 2013 @03:32AM (#5108384)
Exactly what pommefrites said: this is a city or town zoning issue (or I suppose county for unincorporated areas). And yes, I totally support the rights of local goverment to regulate property usage.

Geebee is correct, the vacation rental issue is real in vacation destinations. Unregulated B&Bs were always an issue, but AirBnB just makes it easier for others to do the same.

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Re:Airbnb And The Unstoppable Rise Of The Share Economy by pommefrites on Wednesday January 23, 2013 @09:24PM (#5106745)
Why do you keep ramming Section 8, DoJ, and Congress down our throats? This sort of regulation, if it were to happen, would be done at the state or local level.
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