[tptacek]

A slippery slope is fallacious if there's no argument for the the progression down the slope. Lots of valid arguments take the form of a slippery slope.

In this case, there is in fact an escalating progression of bad things happening in Airbnb rentals; in rough order:

* Criminal enterprises buying entire buildings and turning them into unlawful hotels

* Renters trashing Airbnb rentals

* Floating brothels

The leap from here to "gambling" doesn't sound too crazy; in fact, gambling seems more innocuous than a floating brothel.

[fleitz]

Yes, it's a good thing we've solved all the crimes with actual victims so we can move on to regulating behavior between consenting adults.

[tptacek]

I'm guessing the neighbors of these short term rental properties didn't consent to Airbnb's customers rezoning their neighborhoods for them.

[fleitz]

I'm guessing that since the person in the article was informed by the police and not her neighbors, that no one had any clue.

[teacup50]

How does that conclusion make even the smallest bit of sense to you?

[PeterisP]

The point is that any inconvenience to neighbours from such a 'brothel' is hypothetical - nobody even noticed that it was there, so they definitely weren't harmed in any way.

[teacup50]

There isn't anywhere near enough information to ascertain whether neighbors noticed.

I have no idea who my neighbors are. If they weren't actually here, in the building, I'd have no way to contact them whatsoever. That doesn't mean I don't notice Airbnb tenants.

[soup10]

Illegal gambling is hardly a problem anymore since there are so many legal places to gamble. I think she just picked a random item from her mental bucket of "things that sound scary and bad".