I live in a neighborhood that regularly (as in, at least once, often more times a week) has people blasting concert grade speakers until like 4 in the morning, with revving cars, fireworks, gunshots, etc etc.

and thats from people who live there. no airbnbs.

Shitty people are shitty people. at least with an airbnb you have a chance at a break in the neighbors being dickheads.

As usual, a few jerks ruin it for the rest of us.

I've stayed at a number of airbnbs and we're very respectful of our neighbors. We basically treat the place as if we lived there, because that's what we're looking for.

Hotels suck:

• no kitchen, just a microwave if you're lucky
• expensive for a small space
• housekeeping - I don't want strangers looking through my stuff
• target for crime - cars get broken into a lot at hotels and motels
• annoying check-in process, always seem to need to ask the desk people for something, etc

I just don't like hotels. Maybe zoning could limit airbnbs to townhouse/condo communities or something that are all rentals, but give me more options than a stupid hotel.

I don't doubt it's not great to live next to them.

you only think it's quiet because you're the house making all the noise.

That's awful presumptious of you. Why would I think it was quiet if the noise was coming from inside the house? How does that make any sense to you?