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A comment on Airbnb's Devastating Effect on Canadian Housing. Parent comment

Re:Airbnb's Devastating Effect on Canadian Housing by mitthrowaway2 on Friday March 08, 2024 @01:25PM (#39644171)
I'm not sure they would need to be accounted for. I think opposition to AirBNBs is a product of severe housing scarcity* and in a scenario where housing is abundant and rents are low, people would be much more welcoming of AirBNBs.

* (Or in some places like Kyoto and Venice, it's due to over-tourism complaints, but I don't think anywhere in Canada is struggling with that problem.)

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Re:Airbnb's Devastating Effect on Canadian Housing by ForestCritter on Friday March 08, 2024 @01:41PM (#39644420)
Tourism is a major industry in Montreal, probably as much as venice and Kyoto with year long festivals and the fact that it is an Island is also an issue.
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Re:Airbnb's Devastating Effect on Canadian Housing by mitthrowaway2 on Friday March 08, 2024 @01:52PM (#39644571)
If opposition to AirBNB in Montreal is mainly coming from locals being upset about the excess of tourists rather than the deficiency of rental vacancies, then I stand corrected.
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