San Francisco Chronicle – Local Readers vent about Airbnb: The good, the bad and the ugly

March 14, 2017
My columns on Airbnb last week hit home with a lot of readers. Some offered their own horror stories. Others rushed to defend a rental service they rely on for supplemental income. And some tried to map out a nuanced, middle-ground position that they felt is missing in the heated debate over Airbnb. Herewith, you will find a sampling of the reader feedback. First, another horror story — because, as we say in the news business, if it bleeds, it leads! Nothing deeply weird or creepy along the lines of the movie “Get Out.” But I did receive emails that made living next door to an Airbnb hotel sound, if not as bad as proximity to the Bates Motel, still deeply unpleasant…
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