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FlyingLemurs76 t1_jc6lpll wrote

Reply to comment by YBMExile in Free agents looking to settle for the next 30 years: HELP! by [deleted]

I like tourists, I understand the role they play in our economy, I just don't like them moving here, reducing available housing, and pricing out the locals.

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ShireSkiBum t1_jc72dac wrote

You do realize the tourists are buying up properties and renting them out as airbnbs when they don't use them right?

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FlyingLemurs76 t1_jc73ryy wrote

I do, and I'm against that. I believe in owner occupancy for STRs

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YBMExile t1_jc6m75m wrote

Yeah, we stopped being tourists when we invested our hard earned dough into a home, taxes, supporting businesses, and being good neighbors.

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FlyingLemurs76 t1_jc6mdpm wrote

I'd rather that you hadn't. Own your shit, to quote you, and understand the adverse impact you created on young people in our state.

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YBMExile t1_jc6neuo wrote

You're making a lot of assumptions.

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FlyingLemurs76 t1_jc6nly5 wrote

I disagree, the pricing out of locals is a well studied, understood, and documented phenomenon.

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YBMExile t1_jc6nyxo wrote

And new residents are a very convenient bogeyman, it feels better, and is much, much easier for you to pin everything on them.

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