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Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments

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Re: Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments

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Post by nate_meurer »

cbsks wrote: post #332
nate_meurer wrote: post #318

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I buy Kirkland as well. You're right much cheaper, but same horrendously wasteful packaging. So, talk to me about the bidet. I've always though that if I hosed myself off real good, then I could consistently use just one wipe with the tp to dry off, instead of needing an unpredictable number of wipings to the same without water. Is this realistic? Do you find it's consistently just one tp wipe per job? Because th…

I have a cheap bidet similar to this https://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Bidet-Neo-180-Non-Electric/dp/B0... and I LOVE IT! It takes about 10 seconds to clean, and only takes 1 wipe to dry. There are fancier models that have a built-in blow dryer so you wouldn't even need to dry at all, but they require an outlet near the toilet.

That's what I want to hear, thanks.

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Post by kalleboo »

cbsks wrote: post #332
nate_meurer wrote: post #318

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes I buy Kirkland as well. You're right much cheaper, but same horrendously wasteful packaging. So, talk to me about the bidet. I've always though that if I hosed myself off real good, then I could consistently use just one wipe with the tp to dry off, instead of needing an unpredictable number of wipings to the same without water. Is this realistic? Do you find it's consistently just one tp wipe per job? Because th…

I have a cheap bidet similar to this https://www.amazon.com/Luxe-Bidet-Neo-180-Non-Electric/dp/B0... and I LOVE IT! It takes about 10 seconds to clean, and only takes 1 wipe to dry. There are fancier models that have a built-in blow dryer so you wouldn't even need to dry at all, but they require an outlet near the toilet.

I've used ones with blow-dryers here in Japan and they've universally been too weak to actually fully dry you in a reasonable amount of time. Similar to a really weak hand dryer.

Re: Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments

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Post by friedman23 »

prklmn wrote: post #224
friedman23 wrote: post #206

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>Property rights are usually a literal appeal to authority (e.g. a community or a government). You are so hopped up on your ideology that you attributed some argument to my post that I wasn't even making. My post was criticizing the person for not even attempting to make an argument and instead devolving into just saying "you are wrong, I'm right". Anyway, I find it interesting how angry people get about people using…

Your mischaracterization of why people are getting angry is quite funny to me.

looking at the majority of posts it seems like people are angry about "noise"?

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Post by nradov »

nate_meurer wrote: post #338
nradov wrote: post #230

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Which specific cultural standards and particular subculture are you referring to?

I'll give you one example: families with kids. I've known HOAs to try to pretty much straight up ban children; forbid them from playing outdoors, forbid riding bikes, forbid swingsets, trampolines, even sandboxes. Often couched in bullshit language about "protecting" the kids. Also dog owners. I know an HOA board that was, for a time, populated by fervent dog haters. They enacted a rule that forbid dogs from all stre…

The rules you describe about children really only exist in age restricted communities intended for people age 55+. Those are basically retirement communities. Federal law explicitly allows age discrimination on that basis. Perhaps you can find a few isolated examples of other HOAs with such rules but they're extremely rare and not a widespread issue.

I like dogs myself. But others don't so it's nice they have at least a few options on communities to live where they don't have to deal with dogs.

Neither children or dogs are associated with particular subcultures. They're both about as mainstream as you can get.

Re: Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments

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Post by nate_meurer »

nradov wrote: post #344
nate_meurer wrote: post #338

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'll give you one example: families with kids. I've known HOAs to try to pretty much straight up ban children; forbid them from playing outdoors, forbid riding bikes, forbid swingsets, trampolines, even sandboxes. Often couched in bullshit language about "protecting" the kids. Also dog owners. I know an HOA board that was, for a time, populated by fervent dog haters. They enacted a rule that forbid dogs from all stre…

The rules you describe about children really only exist in age restricted communities intended for people age 55+. Those are basically retirement communities. Federal law explicitly allows age discrimination on that basis. Perhaps you can find a few isolated examples of other HOAs with such rules but they're extremely rare and not a widespread issue. I like dogs myself. But others don't so it's nice they have at leas…

Hey, where'd those goalposts go?!

> I like dogs myself. But others don't so it's nice they have at least a few options on communities to live where they don't have to deal with dogs.

No, there's nothing "nice" about it. It was a shitty thing for the board to do to a community with lots of existing dog owners who had no say in the process. Now the neighborhood has to try to turn over enough board seats to get rid of the rule. The main instigator was a cranky old lady who is now gone, so it's probably just a matter of time. In the meantime it looks like people are largely ignoring it, but that's not a solution.

To me, the "isolated examples" like this are reason enough for HOA reform movements that seem to be gaining momentum across the country. The fact that HOAs can so easily forbid activities that residents enjoyed when they bought their home, such as walking their dogs, is proof to me that new laws are needed to restrict their power.

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Post by dang »

friedman23 wrote: post #206
CharlesColeman wrote: post #129

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> Here come the emotionally and ideologically charged appeals to authority. Property rights are usually a literal appeal to authority (e.g. a community or a government).

>Property rights are usually a literal appeal to authority (e.g. a community or a government). You are so hopped up on your ideology that you attributed some argument to my post that I wasn't even making. My post was criticizing the person for not even attempting to make an argument and instead devolving into just saying "you are wrong, I'm right". Anyway, I find it interesting how angry people get about people using…

Can you please not do flamewar (especially the ideological kind) or take personal swipes on HN?

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments

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Post by dang »

prklmn wrote: post #224
friedman23 wrote: post #206

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Property rights are usually a literal appeal to authority (e.g. a community or a government). You are so hopped up on your ideology that you attributed some argument to my post that I wasn't even making. My post was criticizing the person for not even attempting to make an argument and instead devolving into just saying "you are wrong, I'm right". Anyway, I find it interesting how angry people get about people using…

Your mischaracterization of why people are getting angry is quite funny to me.

Please don't post unsubstantive (or personally nasty) comments here.

Re: Airbnb’s ‘Guerrilla War’ Against Local Governments

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Post by acct1771 »

anoncoward111 wrote: post #69
duxup wrote: post #26

I lived a few doors down to someone who basically ran an ad hoc AirBnB ... before Airbnb. It was pretty terrible. Parties all the time, trash, they parked anywhere (in other people's driveways...) because there were likely no long term consequences for doing so, the folks staying there didn't care because why should they? I was on the association board, it's kinda thankless job as we had to deal with this house. We g…

What you are describing is precisely the same situation I had when I lived in an apartment building next to a long-term tenant . She simply didn't give a shit about the noise and trash she generated and all of us had to deal with it. The landlord didn't care either. The police told me to deal with the landlord, because the noise wasn't at 3AM and wasn't "an event" like a concert. But her music was loud enough to shak…

Went from unsurprised at your lack of success, to surprised after seeing the list, back to unsurprised after seeing "UK"...

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Post by acct1771 »

unknownkadath wrote: post #320
leesalminen wrote: post #287

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Agreed. We had a similar situation in my town a few years back. The homeowner shot and killed a drunken intruder in the middle of the night. It turned out to be a drunk college student who didn’t know where they were. The homeowner was charged, but later acquitted by a jury. I was glad to hear the jury agreed that the action was appropriate. Drinking to excess has consequences, including death. Either from liver fail…

That escalated quickly

So does rocking around without your recorder running...being blackout drunk is stupid, so you'd better be good at being stupid...
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