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Re:Airbnb and Neighborhood Crime by dorchadas on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:23PM (#27861399)
The pandemic literally caused housing supply in Dublin Ireland to double due to people fleeing the short-term rental market when tourism dried up. We're talking from ~1600 listings to 3000+. Even if it doesn't affect cost, which is ludicrous given those numbers, it's certainly affecting the supply at a huge rate.
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Re:Airbnb and Neighborhood Crime by skystarman on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:55PM (#27861691)
You're attributing the surge in rental supply in a major city during the pandemic entirely to Airbnb?

This is really lazy, unserious analysis.

Housing supply in cities across the entire western world shrank because people were working remotely and fleeing urban centers which were shut down and huge centers of spread.

So no. Not just Airbnb.

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Re:Airbnb and Neighborhood Crime by dorchadas on Friday July 16, 2021 @05:57PM (#27861706)
No, it was a good chunk of AirBnB: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/21/world/europe/airbnb-dubli...
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