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0 pointsCaptainZapp7y ago0 comments

Well, we don't all agree that the changes are tantamount to "damage", first of all.

I'd wager that anybody who suddenly had an illegal hotel running out of her neighboring appartment will very strongly disagree with that statement.

Unless you personally made that experience, in a house where parties live for 30 years+, you are not aware what a massive impact this can have on your quality of life.

Since I've been there I stopped using AirBnb, period.

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jMyles7y ago

As I said, I think it's time to question whether an environment such as NYC is a realistic place to live for 30 years+ - is that sustainable for our species?

I think that the availability of short-term housing in NYC in particular is a net benefit for society, even if it adds an uncomfortable dose of reality for many people who had the extreme privilege of growing up there.

emodendroket7y ago

Generation after generation of people have lived in the same locality for about as long as we've had agriculture so I'd say it is pretty sustainable. I think it's odd that a jet-setting tourist should be lecturing the locals about their "extreme privilege."

jMyles7y ago

Did you just call people who take the $14 bus ride from New Paltz to NYC "jet-setting tourists"?

Being born in NYC doesn't mean the city belongs to you. I'm a New Yorker too.

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bluntfang7y ago

You're strawmanning. It doesn't matter if you think people should live there for 30+ years, because that's what's already happening.

jMyles7y ago

Yeah, well, those of us who live there for < 8 weeks out of the year is already happening too.

I don't understand the strawman - what argument did I mischaracterize in an attempt to make it appear weaker for the purposes of responding to it?

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0 pointsCaptainZapp7y ago0 comments

Well, we don't all agree that the changes are tantamount to "damage", first of all.

I'd wager that anybody who suddenly had an illegal hotel running out of her neighboring appartment will very strongly disagree with that statement.

Unless you personally made that experience, in a house where parties live for 30 years+, you are not aware what a massive impact this can have on your quality of life.

Since I've been there I stopped using AirBnb, period.

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jMyles7y ago

As I said, I think it's time to question whether an environment such as NYC is a realistic place to live for 30 years+ - is that sustainable for our species?

emodendroket7y ago

jMyles7y ago

Did you just call people who take the $14 bus ride from New Paltz to NYC "jet-setting tourists"?

Being born in NYC doesn't mean the city belongs to you. I'm a New Yorker too.

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bluntfang7y ago

You're strawmanning. It doesn't matter if you think people should live there for 30+ years, because that's what's already happening.

jMyles7y ago

Yeah, well, those of us who live there for < 8 weeks out of the year is already happening too.

I don't understand the strawman - what argument did I mischaracterize in an attempt to make it appear weaker for the purposes of responding to it?

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