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[cycrutchfield]

>extract wealth out of communities

Yeah, you don’t have an axe to grind here, I’m sure.

[matchbok → cycrutchfield]

I have an axe to grind against mini-hotels that operate without regulation that raise rents for everyone while providing massive money to a small number of interests.

So yeah.

[jhall1468 → matchbok]

So, you're mad at Airbnb because the government isn't regulating it properly?

[rhizome → jhall1468]

Because it's only illegal because it's not regulated "properly?"

[jhall1468 → rhizome]

Airbnb isn't doing anything illegal, the hosts are. If New York wants to put forward legislation that obligates Airbnb to develop a system for tracking that, great. But they aren't going to do it unless they have to.

[rexpop → cycrutchfield]

What's that supposed to mean? Do you think this person was the literal, direct victim of such practices, and as such "has a [personal] axe to grind?" If so, although it exhibits bias, it also exhibits the phenomenon.

That being said, there are _many_ communities upset by AirBnB's influence on their area. Example: https://www.theadvocate.com/new_orleans/news/article_ad1c91a...

Of course, Googling for that article turns up, primarily, AirBnB listings in New Orleans.