“Don't fuck up the culture” – A letter to the Airbnb team

Re:“Don't fuck up the culture” – A letter to the Airbnb team by JumpCrisscross on Sunday April 20, 2014 @04:28PM (#7618364)

So a pox on those who seek to reduce costs through scale and redundancies?

It appears there is a lack of short-stay housing supply. AirBnB facilitates that market. Short-stay property owners should seek to spread their operating costs across multiple properties. This will drive out mom-and-pop operations - that is good business. The added wealth from leaner short-stay operations should make up for the temporary displacement.

The displacement is a process our political process has to manage. But spitting on markets for eroding the incumbent's edge is an old game for tired societies.

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Re:“Don't fuck up the culture” – A letter to the Airbnb team by vacri on Sunday April 20, 2014 @07:37PM (#7618898)

It appears there is a lack of short-stay housing supply. AirBnB facilitates that market.

AirBnB undercuts existing hotels by sidestepping required regulations. There isn't a lack of short-stay supply; AirBnB just works more cheaply because it has fewer expenses.

The added wealth from leaner short-stay operations should make up for the temporary displacement.

The point of the parent comment is that that wealth is not kept in the town, but siphoned off somewhere else.

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