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Airbnb is the only reason we visited Berlin. Without it, I doubt we would return.

>>Dramat+(OP)
This is among the dumbest things I've ever read on HN.

>>Dramat+(OP)
Berlin had an extremely lively tourism sector before Air BnB existed and will doubtless continue to have one afterwards. Tourism is a double-edged sword anyway - it provides jobs, although often not particularly good ones, but it can easily grow to a point where it damages the cultural life or general quality of life for a host city. In this case I think the judgement has been made that AirBnB tourism does more harm to Berlin than good.

>>Dramat+(OP)
Why?

>>Dramat+(OP)
So before Airbnb existed, people should not have traveled?

>>milosh+j1
How? If Berlin wants to make it difficult to find affordable short-term housing then obviously some people (like me and OP) would rather go somewhere else.

>>Dramat+(OP)
you dramatize well.

>>aianus+Jd
By the way, Berlin's hotel market is quite affordable. A room in a decent Best Western is in the order of 50 €, which is way lower than in other European capitals.

>>Dramat+(OP)
I visited Berlin around 7 years ago. Stayed in a rental apartment for a reasonable price. and AirBnB didn't exist then.