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At the end of the day, it's a hotel. I don't want to live next to someone from somewhere else who isn't here to be my neighbor. What about my rights?

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What makes you think you have any kind of right to choose who lives next to you, or to have a say in what they do with their property? If you take Airbnb out of the equation, the assertion is ridiculous.

I have a right to say no to AirBnB. Does my individual opinion matter? Probably not. Does the collective opinion of my neighborhood matter? Yeah it kind of does.

We've been saying no to AirBnB for years, this isn't anything new. NYC says yes but for some reason the rest of the world thinks we're wrong to choose how we want to live.

If your neighbor has a friend stay with them, and their lease allows it, you have no say in the matter. It's their property rights, which flow to them from upstream property/rights owners.

This is no different. Your right end where their rights begin, which I'd say start right around where their property lines/walls are.

And their lease likely says "No subleasing". If rent controlled, it precisely defines the amount that can be earned.

Homeowners associations should be able to decide whether or not they want short-term rentals.

Well, for one thing, I got an apartment in building where I knew sub-leasing was not allowed.

I bet you have an HOA. Use it. This issue should be an HOA thing, not a state/city thing.

Move out. The simplest possible solution.

Your rights does not include the right to constant neighbors. or likable, or any. In the deed you have there is no clause of restricting the mobility of the others. (if there is - this is another thing entirely).

What exactly do you feel your rights to be in this situation?

What do you feel grants you the rights you feel you have in this situation?

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