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Comment by jdanp | Hacker News Reader

I'm with you, hotels are instant to book while airbnbs you have to correspond and have this whole personal experience, no thanks. Also I can't in good conscious support them after having to buzz in a drunk airbnber at 2AM who was ringing every single apartment in my building because they lost their key.

Likewise, Cabs are much cheaper and faster to grab than Ubers in my NYC neighborhood (east village). Don't believe the hype...

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This drunk guy could've been anybody, Airbnb has nothing to do with the fact that people act shitty.

That kind of behavior is not common at people's homes, unless they're being rented out like a hotel, which is Airbnb's business. It's not about airbnb directly, but the effects of its business.

No, it's effect of people acting in a way they wouldn't normally do at their homes because there are no consequences. Let's fix that and stop blaming Airbnb.

That does not sound like a realistic solution. Separating a building for residence from one of temporary lodging, however, is a workable solution.

Everything in the world could be solved by fixing how people act, but obviously the world doesn't work that way so societies resort to other means.

Actually it's way easier than enforcing a ban on Airbnb and similar services (don't forget that a decentralized alternative would be created, etc). If you're going to spend a night in jail for disturbing other people, you'll think twice before you do it.

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