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by bawolff 2025 days ago
> Who's going to pay for all that

Taxpayers! That is what a government is for after all.

To be clear, i think airbnbs should be subject to appropriate taxes in order to pay their share of that sort of thing.

I'm also not sure why this would be such an issue with airbnb relative to normal long term rentals. Its not like an airbnb uses roads & electric grids differently than a normal tenant.

> I'm not opposed to Airbnb as long as they are subject to the exact same standards and laws as hotels

Why not the same standard as BnB's or traditional short term rentals of small dwellings? Its not like hotels have ever had a monopoly on short term rentals to tourists.