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I disagree about the burden of proof here. Why should there be laws that prohibit Airbnb? Who is being harmed? The hotels are being harmed, no doubt. Why should they be protected.

I've never used Airbnb, but unless there are serious harms to people, where is the harm and why should the law be followed?

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> Who is being harmed?

The neighbors onto whom AirBNB providers offload their externalities.

AirBnB house has positive externalities, and is much more desirable to live next to than multifamily, at least in the type of town I live in.

This is why my land owning neighbors love me and are happy with the direction the neighborhood is changing into.

What externalities? I hear this ridiculous point all the time, but have absolutely no evidence of it being a real problem.

Yes, there are bad guests occasionally. But there are also bad tenants occasionally—and the former is a hell of a lot easier to deal with quickly.

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