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George4Mayor86 t1_iv85ves wrote

Reply to comment by Robinho999 in NYC proposes strict Airbnb registration rules to take effect in January by Eriosyces

Airbnb allows housing to be funged into hotel rooms but not the other way around. It has a niche because there is unmet demand for cheap hotels, but also worsens the unmet demand for housing. It doesn’t cause the problem, it reveals it.

Yes, restricting Airbnb is probably a good move in the short term. But the real answer is we need to green light a lot more construction of both housing and hotels.

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fabulousbrownme t1_iv8kbs7 wrote

There's plenty of housing construction going on in NYC. The problem is MOST people CANNOT afford it. No rational unmarried person over 30 wants to have a roommate just so they can afford a roof over their head. Then they step outside and have to deal with mentally unstable homeless people, criminals, tardy, and the smell of urine permeating the air.

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George4Mayor86 t1_iv8kkoy wrote

If the price is still too high, then by defintion there is not enough of it.

If melons are too expensive, the answer is to grow more melons.

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fabulousbrownme t1_iv8m0xs wrote

In theory, yes that makes sense. Realistically, there are entirely too many people here already and people just keep coming here. NYC is full

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George4Mayor86 t1_iv8ojls wrote

No, New York City is not “full.” Parts of Manhattan are arguably “full” to the point where more density could be a bad thing, but there are four other boroughs still made up mostly of sprawl.

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fabulousbrownme t1_iv8vb5s wrote

Trust and believe if my mother wasn't going through ongoing health complications for the past 2 years related to her liver transplant I would have already left and been in NC by now. There are still people in the world who put family first. So your guess would be wrong. You have better odds playing lotto

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GND52 t1_iv9w5si wrote

The amount of new housing has trailed population growth for decades. No, there is not plenty of new housing.

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bottom t1_iva2olz wrote

Lol. What does revel mean?

Exploit ? Make worse ?

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