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A comment on Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Report [pdf]. Parent comment

Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by spikels on Friday October 17, 2014 @06:07PM (#8473617)
That's just cherry picking the one down year. 2009 was the worst of the recession and AirBnB was tiny in 2009 relative to today. As AirBnB grew so did visitors.

Visitors (int'l & domestics)

2013: 54.3 million

2012: 52.7 million

2011: 50.9 million

2010: 48.8 million

2009: 45.8 million

2008: 47.1 million

More interesting is that visitor spending and hotel prices and occupancy also did well. I agree that while none of this is definitive proof on anything. However it is not consistent with AirBnB seriously harming either hotels or visitors. Appears to be a win-win.

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Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by opendais on Friday October 17, 2014 @07:54PM (#8474051)
Over 6 years = 54.3-47.1=7.2 2002-2007 = 46-35.3=10.7

Hmm. Now you can blame the great recession but growth did slow.

So lets take 2011 to 2013 [after the Great Recession]: 54.3-50.9 = 3.4 And 2003 to 2005: 42.7-37.8 = 4.9

Notice the difference?

You can't claim this supports your position without cherry picking the data. Its completely worthless.

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Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by spikels on Friday October 17, 2014 @09:44PM (#8474342)
"If you torture the data long enough, it will confess to anything." - Ronald Coase
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Re:Airbnb in the City – New York State Attorney General's Re... by opendais on Friday October 17, 2014 @10:30PM (#8474429)
My point is the data is worthless to support your claim. Comparing time periods isn't "torturing the data".
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