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Was this ever seriously debated? As far as I know the only question ever was the size of the effect, not whether there was any effect at all.
by jgwil2 7y ago
Was this ever seriously debated? As far as I know the only question ever was the size of the effect, not whether there was any effect at all.
- claudeganon 7y agoGo read any of the old HN threads on AirBNB. Saying this had these kind of effects was decried as “hotel industry propaganda.”
- omnimus 7y agoI've never seen "hotel industry propaganda" but the effects on market were debated and often very doubted. Now it seems there is evidence.
- smabie 7y agoI mean unless the houses were going to sit empty otherwise, then of course there would be an affect. Not really sure what the article is trying to say.
- umeshunni 7y agoIt's not an article. It's a tweet by some rando who just learned about demand and supply.
- cardiffspaceman 7y agoIt's tweets about a report, not just some data-free rant. https://www.daft.ie/blog/the-covid-19-crisis-is-already-affecting-the-irish-rental-market/ https://www.daft.ie/blog/the-covid-19-crisis-is-already-affe...