kier00

kier00 t1_jdikty8 wrote

Reply to comment by [deleted] in A critique of Brave Little State's segment on Airbnbs by headgasketidiot

"The market will adapt" is what supposedly high minded people say when their proposed ideas will not affect them (or benefit them) and they have no idea how to account for those who will be negatively impacted.

How will the market adapt? How long will it take? What do we do with those who cannot adapt in time before they go bankrupt? Etc etc.

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kier00 t1_jdiahi6 wrote

Reply to A critique of Brave Little State's segment on Airbnbs by headgasketidiot

I'd like to provide a response:

  1. I usually look for evidence that those who are against Airbnbs are not NIMBYs who wrap themselves with the affordable housing argument. Almost every person I've spoken to in person who is against Airbnb is an obvious NIMBY.

  2. Almost every working class person who I have spoken to on the issue is very afraid of Airbnbs disappearing because of the direct and second and third order effects that economic activity generates. I also find it very curious that the anti-Airbnb crowd has absolutely no proposed ideas for how to replace that economic activity.

  3. You state with the back of the napkin math that 25% of the housing crisis can be solved by taking back Airbnbs. Let's put aside the constitutional issues with your ideas and I will, for sake of argument, accept the math. That means 75% of the issue is due to other factors. Why are you focusing on the 25% when 75% is a bigger number?

  4. You speak of affordable housing. Airbnbs provide a lot of jobs that will dissappear with your ideas and no proposed replacement for that income. It doesn't matter how low rent is when unemployment spikes.

The anti Airbnb ideas are DOA for most of the state for these reasons.

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kier00 t1_ixa4y50 wrote

Reply to WTF Vermont by matapuwili

Mods can you delete this please this guy is exposing a massive conspiracy to bilk tourists out of $20

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