This was supposed to be the intent of Airbnb and is still a valuable resource if available.
And it's not like you can't still rent out to friends or the like. Just totally financializing and anonymizing that interaction turns it into a different sort of interaction. Social trust is a thing, and avoiding having _every single human interaction_ pass through some broker and be financialized is not the worst.
But really... a touch of social proof never hurts.
There are zoning laws for a reasons.
Do you own “your” apartment?
I’m asking because some places consider it an “apartment” if it’s a rental and a “condo” if they are individual buyers and other countries call it an apartment regardless
Why shouldn't our neighbors use their powers as voters to keep their peaceful suburban street from being used as housing for migrants, minorities and other undesirables? I'd bet that'll affect housing desirability far more than short term rentals.
Why shouldn't they use their power as voters to ban the construction of affordable homes in their vicinity?
Why shouldn't we use our power as voters to proscribe alcohol in their town? What could go wrong?
Your power as a voter isn't supposed to be the power to arbitrary meddle in other people's business.
As a consumer, it has to be good enough if there are only some areas where it's allowed, and some where it's not. Or maybe allowed but only up to a certain density or percentage.
Anywhere it would be allowed without limit I would probably not want anyway, just like a hotel. Most airbnbs are run like little hotels now anyway and I hate most of those, but at least there is variety and plenty are good still.
When tourists come home drunk at four in the morning they wake up families who have to get up at 7 to go to work and school. There is a reason why we seperate tourists in hotels.
AIRBNB stopped catering to digital nomads and went straight into the hotel business.
