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AirBnb is just different. My gut non-PhD economist feeling is that AirBnb has very few people from the bottom 2 quartiles participating in it in the first plac
by antisthenes 7y ago
AirBnb is just different.
My gut non-PhD economist feeling is that AirBnb has very few people from the bottom 2 quartiles participating in it in the first place. It's wealthy land owners offering short term rentals to people with substantial disposable incomes.
Cash and capital poor people are largely excluded (priced out) from the platform altogether, whereas on DoorDash and Uber/Lyft they comprise the vast majority of the service providers.