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Originally Posted by esquire
As a traveller I appreciate airbnb and I'm sure it brings some benefits to the area, but I'm not sure it can do for a neighbourhood what a full-on proper hotel could. Imagine if, say, the Norwood with its pub and restaurant and banquet hall and jobs for probably dozens of people didn't exist and demand in that area was met by some apartments and SFHs pressed into airbnb service... it just wouldn't be as good.
But yeah, it's entirely possible that airbnb has reduced the chances of a hotel going up in the Village, assuming that anyone was actually trying to make that happen in the first place.
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Also, without a hotel there's no vendor, which is definitely a hit to an area like Osborne Village.