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Cool, now do housing costs for the people living there (and, theoretically, the ones deciding how their own city should be regulated).

Backlash was never about hotel prices, it was always about the externalities like rampant real estate speculation driving up housing costs and hollowing out neighborhoods for a quick buck. The corporate economic pollution.

Turns out there's a certain point where people want their quality of life. Ignoring this angle is completely disingenuous and tone deaf, but hey, if your argument can't stand on the merits, throw in a fear-mongering distraction. CEO-speak 101.