Comment on We're going backwards

• dogs0n@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  And now it is (helping) ruining the housing market for us normal folk, with all these “entrepreneurs” buying up houses to list for high short stay rents on airbnb.

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  • buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I would be shocked if it had any appreciable impact at all, but it certainly isn’t helping.

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    • RubberElectrons@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      You’re wrong, sadly.

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      • buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        I’d be happy to be wrong but since supply and demand aren’t really impactful on market rate housing, it probably doesn’t do much except piss off morons.

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    • jali67@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      There’s a reason it is banned or considered being banned in some cities around the world.

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      • buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Correct! The reason it could be banned is because it is acceptable to ban under the neoliberal order. Notice how they haven’t banned rent even though that permanently solves the problem.

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    • Fuckfuckmyfuckingass@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      In large cities there are entire apartment buildings that have been converted to illegal hotels on Air BNB. It’s a huge problem, not the entire problem, but a damn big one.

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      • treesapx@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I go to a lot of estate sales. A subset of the customers are people who have Airbnbs and are there for furniture and decorations.

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      • buttnugget@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Supply and demand are not really issues with housing, so again, it’s probably not an appreciable impact. Don’t believe the YIMBY lies.

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• bytesonbike@discuss.online ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Yep! And those hosts bend over backwards. Like here’s a spare room, here’s some local chocolates from our town chocolatier. I made these jerkies. You’re invited to our 8pm fireplace time and have s’mores.

  It was a real community. They still exist. But they’re overshadowed by shitty Airbnbs that want you to clean the gutters and mop the floors now for twice the price of a hotel.

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  • RobertoOberto@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    jerkies

    Reading the plural form of “jerky” makes me feel oddly uneasy.

    Is that just like… several pieces of beef jerky or deer jerky?

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    • _stranger_@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I’m something of a jerkonnoisseur myself, and I have never considered the plural form of Jerky. This is like experiencing semantic satiation for the first time.

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    • helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Mass bound are one of the most difficult features in the English language for English as a second language learners.

      People do this with the word “code” all the time, and I have a strong urge to correct it. But I usually don’t.

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