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Well I find it really useful for taking my family on holiday. Hotels are not good places to bring very young kids and the prices are way out of our range. Of course it's designed to make money for hosts.

I live in Edinburgh and over the last ten years I've witnessed a change that isn't something I want. The old town is more or less a filthy theme park where few residents can or would want to live. Lots of my co workers used to live there. It's a shame. I have friends who've got a lot of noise issues with an Airbnb opposite their tennement / block. Hopefully some sensible planning laws can be brought in that don't kill Airbnb in the city but limit it some how.

Edit and I wish Airbnb would include all fees in the advertised price

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Airbnb is good for travel but not where you live?

It's bad for residents but good for travelers is a perfectly coherent statement.

Right. I lived across the street from a hotel in DC. People were always drunk and rowdy, or having proms.

The area was fantastic for nightlife and dining though... which I think is something AirBNBs sometimes lack. They bring all the downsides of a hotel to residents, but they're not in a light commercial zone so the residents don't have any of the upsides of hotel district either.

The point is pipes likes to use airbnb when they travel to other cities, but thinks there's too much airbnb in their own city.

I'm sure that someone in Amsterdam loves to use airbnb when they go to Edinburgh but doesn't like it when it's in their own city.

It's hypocritical.

Maybe reread what I actually wrote? Saying there is too much of something that I use is not the same as demanding a ban on what I use. You have presented a straw man version of my point.

Edit: you just ignored this sentence completely "Hopefully some sensible planning laws can be brought in that don't kill Airbnb in the city but limit it some how."

As is "I like development just not in my backyard"

That's different. Hospitality places rank very low in terms of desirability, just a tier up from highways, railways and heavy industry.

Sure, coherent does not imply meaning.

Hrm, thought I made it clear that I don't want it killed off where I live, there's middle ground to be found somewhere with sensible regulation I hope.

FYI there's a total price toggle on the home page. Mine is permanently on nowadays

> Hotels are not good places to bring very young kids

Why not?

> and the prices are way out of our range.

Apart-hotels are quite good and not super expensive, if you can find them.

Two hotels rooms often runs way more than renting an entire house on AirBNB. Hotels vs Rentals by owner seems like a hot take designed to show what sort of traveller you are. When.it was just me and my partner hotels were great. Drop your bag, run for the door, come back to sleep. Kids struggle doing 10 hours of on your feet time, which invariably means you'll be back at your acomodations for some decent chunk of the trip. Is that better or worse, hell if I know, but I love travelling with my kids, so I'ma do it no matter what concessions I have to make. And one of those is rentals-by-owner.

Wow so you see what a scourge Airbnb is but you continue to use it?

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