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Open-door Airbnb in Burlingame
I don't understand your Mission Beach argument. It's a beach. That's where tourists want to go. Very few people can afford to live by the beach year round, so they save up money and rent a beach spot once a year. This has nothing to do with airbnb. Beach towns have had commercial pressures since the beginning of time.— May 8, 2015 3:59 a.m.
Open-door Airbnb in Burlingame
Well stated.— May 7, 2015 7:04 p.m.
Open-door Airbnb in Burlingame
Full disclaimer: I sympathize with the airbnb host in the article--she seems nice-- and I am an airbnb guest/host myself. I invite the other side to make their argument in full public. Have the nosy neighbors complain publicly about people parking publicly on public streets. Let's attach a name to their beefs. Tourists are going to come to San Diego. Do we want to quarantine them to downtown tourist traps or embrace them as fellow temporary citizens in our community? You decide whether or not you want to be a nice person.— May 7, 2015 6:55 p.m.
Open-door Airbnb in Burlingame
I've been both an airbnb guest and an airbnb host. As a guest, it's been amazing. As a host this is what we do. We take the booking. We vacuum, clean the kitchen, spray for ants, make the beds, etc. We welcome the guests, whether they're from as close as LA or as far away as Korea and Germany. As much as we entice the guests to stay at home and be comfortable in our house, the first thing on their mind is to go out and spend all their money on local businesses. We don't stop them. They come back to the house, and maybe they interact with us, which we love, or maybe they don't, which is their choice. They might be from Seattle or Shanghai or Frankfurt or Denver or the Midwest--we get it. Two days later they leave and they tell all their friends how amazingly cool San Diego is and you must visit and spend mucho dollars here. A couple days later we check our bank account. With the newfound money we take a ski trip to the Alps enjoying caviar on the whole flight over. Kidding! If we're lucky we get a couple hundred bucks to defray the cost of living. Guess where we spend it? LOS ANGELES, BABY!!! Kidding again. We spend it in San Diego giving money to local businesses. As airbnb hosts, we look forward to the day that we can give some of our revenue away to the city to help them finally build a football stadium that will attract the NFL and get it out of its unfairly impoverished state. Kidding again. Seriously if we can just tax and fee the hell out of all 1600 airbnb hosts in San Diego, maybe we can fix the roads and end homelessness forever. Kidding again! Sorry kids, I kid! San Diego is famous for more than nice weather and amazing beaches and pretty deserts nearby. People are generally nice, and parking spaces be damned, the word has gotten out that this is a nice place to stay a couple days. Support airbnb hosts because they are ambassadors to a great city. Support the Chargers because you should, but don't do it financially, do it with good vibes, because that's all that matters in the end.— May 7, 2015 6:01 p.m.