Yup. It started with the campaign touting the positive effects on the NYC economy, now it's the "let's pull some heartstrings" video.
For those who missed it, I've outlined my experience with AirBnB (as a non-host in a building with hosts) last week - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7923849 (top comment)
For anyone defending AirBnB here's a nice list of things to read before you do so:
The gist of virtually all of the complaints against AirBNB is that it imposes costs on the neighbors.
And of course, it does.
There is a multitude of ways of dealing with that. If you cut the neighbors in on the action, they may take a liking to your side-business. A smart host will do just that.
At the end of the day, the only ones who can't be placated are the ones losing business because of this. The hotels. Well, that's just business.
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Yup. It started with the campaign touting the positive effects on the NYC economy, now it's the "let's pull some heartstrings" video.
For those who missed it, I've outlined my experience with AirBnB (as a non-host in a building with hosts) last week - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7923849 (top comment)
For anyone defending AirBnB here's a nice list of things to read before you do so:
http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/item/airbnb-san-francisc...
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2013/1230/Berlin-squee...
http://tomslee.net/2014/05/the-shape-of-airbnbs-business.htm...
http://tomslee.net/2014/06/the-shape-of-airbnbs-business-ii....
The gist of virtually all of the complaints against AirBNB is that it imposes costs on the neighbors.
And of course, it does.
There is a multitude of ways of dealing with that. If you cut the neighbors in on the action, they may take a liking to your side-business. A smart host will do just that.
At the end of the day, the only ones who can't be placated are the ones losing business because of this. The hotels. Well, that's just business.
You obviously didn't read the articles. It imposes a cost on anyone looking for an affordable apartment in NYC (or SF, or Berlin, or...)