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Because AirBNB use in NY amounts to economic rent-seeking. That is fundamentally different than disallowing a class of people to participate in the economy.


"Rent seeking"? I'm confused. AirBnB helps price goods closer to their market rate by expanding the market.

If anything, the people who don't want to compete on price with AirBnB are the ones who are rent seeking.


It's an economics term. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent-seeking


And you're misusing it.


Sorry mate, I don't think you have a good enough grasp on econ to have this discussion.




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