[lokar]

People were (and mostly still are) very opposed to Airbnb rentals in their neighborhood.

[aleph_minus_one]

... but the customers of these Airbnb rentals are not. :-)

[ajkjk]

that's the point of the regulations...

[iso1631]

People whose houses are robbed are against robbery, people who rob houses are very much for it.

[jquery]

People support anti-pollution measures yet corporations still choose to pollute. Curious.

[parineum]

That's none of their business.

There are already laws in place against the kinds of behavior that neighbors are afraid will happen.

[lokar]

Noise, litter, etc, "nuisance" laws are on the books, but mostly depend on people following them voluntarily. The local authorities don't have the time/staff to investigate and resolve them all the time.