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Comment by greggman3 | Hacker News Reader

AirBnB sux but zoning has arguably been a net negative on most societies in many ways

for me what I noticed lately is that in California it's impossible to have a quiet modern apartment because nearly 100% of modern apartment buildings are only allowed to be built on busy noisy high traffic streets. If you want a quiet street you're forced to buy/rent a house

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Is it possible to build proper noise insulation, which makes the house as quiet as the a house in a quiet neignorhood, to a newly built, modern apartment house?

I think it is, but construction companies are trying to savd a few cents, and they don't add proper noise insulation.

Where I live the zoning laws require better noise isolation for new builds on major roads, because this is such an easy way for investors to save money and screw tenants.

Not true in SF. Plenty of apartments are on streets that are not main thoroughfares. In fact busy streets are often primarily zoned commercial

Name any apartment complex on a quiet street in SF that's not in Mission Bay that's been built in the last 15 years

I don’t know any that were built in the last 15 years.

Where exactly in CA? I live in an apartment on a quiet street and the worst noise problem I have is the upstairs neighbors have a heavy dog that likes to jump around.

100% agree.

But if we take zoning seriously when it comes to new apartments then we should take it seriously when it comes to Airbnb.

why is california not allowing apartment buildings being built in low traffic streets?

Because then they won't be low traffic streets anymore

temporarily, sure. doesn't mean you can't build there?

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