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New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by JumpCrisscross »

gorjusborg wrote: post #99
totallywrong wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> you aren’t spending your nights sitting at home watching Netflix You are though, most nights too, because there might be a million options but a normal person needs to rest and recharge at home a lot of the time.

I imagine disposable income is needed for some of those activities as well. Paying 3k for rent probably limits your options.

> Paying 3k for rent probably limits your options

It’s around $2k after adjusting for not having to own a car [1]. Also, a solo studio is a luxurious way to live in New York. If you’re economising, you get roommates.

[1] https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/auto/analysis/costs-of-c....

Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by yunwal »

totallywrong wrote: post #78
wenc wrote: post #74

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Location location location. I would pay $3500 if it meant I could live in NYC. (I'd rather pay less, of course)

Priorities I guess. I would feel pretty stupid paying that money to live in a shoe box, wherever it might be located.

When you live in Manhattan, you don’t live in your apartment. You sleep in your apartment.

Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by yunwal »

wombat-man wrote: post #4

I hope the effort is successful. I live there and the sight of confused tourists with suit cases had become pretty common. Idk how much it'll help with rent prices but interested in seeing how it works out.

has the sight of confused tourists with suitcases ever not been common in Manhattan? I’m pretty sure that’s not new with airbnb.

Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by lostlogin »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #111
gorjusborg wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I imagine disposable income is needed for some of those activities as well. Paying 3k for rent probably limits your options.

> Paying 3k for rent probably limits your options It’s around $2k after adjusting for not having to own a car [1]. Also, a solo studio is a luxurious way to live in New York. If you’re economising, you get roommates. [1] https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/auto/analysis/costs-of-c... .

I’m blown away at that stat. Averaged over ten years I’ve paid less than half that for two cars. My cars are crap, but wow is that high.

Edit: averaged over ten years and a week my numbers will look different, as my car was stolen this morning.

Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by [deleted] »

lostlogin wrote: post #114
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Paying 3k for rent probably limits your options It’s around $2k after adjusting for not having to own a car [1]. Also, a solo studio is a luxurious way to live in New York. If you’re economising, you get roommates. [1] https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/auto/analysis/costs-of-c... .

I’m blown away at that stat. Averaged over ten years I’ve paid less than half that for two cars. My cars are crap, but wow is that high. Edit: averaged over ten years and a week my numbers will look different, as my car was stolen this morning.

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Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by yunwal »

routerl wrote: post #30
gruez wrote: post #8

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> I chuckled myself. Tourists spending thousands to visit the city aren't going to stay 2 hours away in another crap apartment in Jersey. Isn't new jersey right across the river from new york, with rapid transit lines going into new york? Your "2 hours" estimate seems wildly inflated.

> Isn't new jersey right across the river from new york, with rapid transit lines going into new york? In Chongqing, map apps will often recommend a "nearby" restaurant which actually is several hundred meters away, vertically; you'll have to descend many stair steps before arriving at that restaurant, even though it looked so close on the map. In other words, the restaurant was not actually "close", when it comes to…

The PATH is pretty good as long as you can stand a few minutes without internet and aren’t staying up until 4am. It used to be regularly late and require a different subway card which was annoying, but those issues have been fixed. The cars and stations are also typically cleaner and less crowded than the nyc subways.

Staying in Jersey City or Hoboken could definitely be an option for people who don’t need to be stumbling distance from bars.

Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by jhbadger »

iknowstuff wrote: post #100
WirelessGigabit wrote: post #81

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How is that healthy?

Suburbs lead to loneliness.

Also, less abstractly people living in car-centric places drive everywhere. If you live in a walkable place you walk to do most of your errands so you get exercise without even trying to.

Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by Mtinie »

lostlogin wrote: post #114
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Paying 3k for rent probably limits your options It’s around $2k after adjusting for not having to own a car [1]. Also, a solo studio is a luxurious way to live in New York. If you’re economising, you get roommates. [1] https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/auto/analysis/costs-of-c... .

I’m blown away at that stat. Averaged over ten years I’ve paid less than half that for two cars. My cars are crap, but wow is that high. Edit: averaged over ten years and a week my numbers will look different, as my car was stolen this morning.

> […] numbers will look different, as my car was stolen this morning.

Recognizing the limitations of an Internet comment, I’m sincerely sorry you need to deal with the headache of a stolen vehicle.

Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by fragmede »

DANmode wrote: post #102
sparrowInHand wrote: post #101

Well, the major culprit is not AirBnB, its illegal washed money and other investment money, parked in cities worldwide. They want a return on those gambling chips, and AirBnB is simply better there. I highly doubt that regulating the value of the pokerchip stacks in the safe down against the interests of the planetary elites will work.

Can you reword this more coherently? There's value here.

I'm not sure that there is, but here's my attempt at rewording it.

> the "planetary elite" invest their (ill-gotten) money in real estate, and Airbnb simply offers the best return. but that's not Airbnb's fault. GP further doubts that reglations affecting the interests of said elites will work.

Re: New York’s crackdown on Airbnb began Tuesday

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Post by yunwal »

lostlogin wrote: post #114
JumpCrisscross wrote: post #111

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Paying 3k for rent probably limits your options It’s around $2k after adjusting for not having to own a car [1]. Also, a solo studio is a luxurious way to live in New York. If you’re economising, you get roommates. [1] https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/auto/analysis/costs-of-c... .

I’m blown away at that stat. Averaged over ten years I’ve paid less than half that for two cars. My cars are crap, but wow is that high. Edit: averaged over ten years and a week my numbers will look different, as my car was stolen this morning.

This is similar to the stats about Manhattan apartments though. Normal people aren’t paying 3k/mo to live in Manhattan. The 3k/mo people are the same ones that would be spending 1k/mo on their cars if they lived somewhere else
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