[doctorpangloss]

> Unlike residents, tourists do not vote...

Do landlords vote? Are they residents? Many normal people are landlords. You will never be a billionaire. Some people will never be guilded professionals or make it to the Ivy League. Many of the normal people who "make it" in life will be landlords.

Everyone's income is someone else's expense.

In San Francisco, where I live, the idea to drive out the "techies" couldn't be more boneheaded. Where are those agitators now? Careful what you wish for.

I don't know how to convince people to lean less into the aesthetics of a political position. If you feel like you are saying something that boils down to, "the right people get all the things, and the wrong people got nothing," it's an easy position to take when charts are going up, when interest rates are low, and when you happen to be part of the group of "right people."

[bobthepanda]

While a lot of people are landlords, most properties on free AirBnB markets are hosted by professional, multi-property landlords, and I don’t personally think that creating a new class of feudal landlords is a great idea.

My local area simply put in the restriction that only one property can be listed on AirBnB by one person, and that the property must be the person’s primary tax residence, and so now the local market has nearly entirely dried up even though that was allegedly the original purpose of AirBnB.

[danlugo92]

> most properties on free AirBnB markets are hosted by professional, multi-property landlords

You cannot know whether this is true for all tourist/nomad hotspots (by being a hotspot they're actually suffering), e.g. Portugal/Colombia/Vietnam.

However... I still support whatever the people in those cities decide... so if they decide "no tourism" then they should be heard...