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In my city, there are 514 homes that you can rent "all to yourself" on Airbnb, meaning the owners aren't leasing out a guestroom or basement while living there.

In my city, there are 514 homes that you can rent "all to yourself" on Airbnb, meaning the owners aren't leasing out a guestroom or basement while living there. The city has more than 367,0000 housing units. I find it extremely difficult to buy into the narrative that Airbnb is causing housing to become expensive.

pengaru 4y ago
A few years ago my friend in a rent control Santa Monica apartment had multiple absentee neighbors illegally putting their units on airbnb. So I find it extremely difficult to buy into your numbers being anywhere near accurate. My personal experience is in a low-density rural setting (near Joshua Tree National Park) where the park's tourism forms a substantial part of the local economy. But at least in my hood, which pre-airbnb was rife with dilapidated/abandoned ramshackle cabins and SFR homes low-income pensioners, artists, and tweakers would usually occupy, it's been completely transformative, displacing the locals and multiplying prices of anything with airbnb appeal. But it's a hot-spot for tourism thanks to the national park. There's enough tourists getting stuck in the wash near my property to reach remote airbnbs in rentals via satnav I could open a towing business. I don't think what I said applies to a run of the mill city where tourism contributes relatively little to the economy. You didn't mention anything in this vein about your city.
- missedthecue 4y ago
  Most people don't live in Joshua Tree National Park, and people complaining about the housing crisis aren't talking about housing in hot spot tourist areas. They're talking about housing in cities with jobs and careers available. Go to your nearest city and look up the number of units available on Airbnb and then google the total number of housing units in the city.

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In my city, there are 514 homes that you can rent "all to yourself" on Airbnb, meaning the owners aren't leasing out a guestroom or basement while living there.

by missedthecue 4y ago

pengaru 4y ago
A few years ago my friend in a rent control Santa Monica apartment had multiple absentee neighbors illegally putting their units on airbnb. So I find it extremely difficult to buy into your numbers being anywhere near accurate. My personal experience is in a low-density rural setting (near Joshua Tree National Park) where the park's tourism forms a substantial part of the local economy. But at least in my hood, which pre-airbnb was rife with dilapidated/abandoned ramshackle cabins and SFR homes low-income pensioners, artists, and tweakers would usually occupy, it's been completely transformative, displacing the locals and multiplying prices of anything with airbnb appeal. But it's a hot-spot for tourism thanks to the national park. There's enough tourists getting stuck in the wash near my property to reach remote airbnbs in rentals via satnav I could open a towing business. I don't think what I said applies to a run of the mill city where tourism contributes relatively little to the economy. You didn't mention anything in this vein about your city.
- missedthecue 4y ago
  Most people don't live in Joshua Tree National Park, and people complaining about the housing crisis aren't talking about housing in hot spot tourist areas. They're talking about housing in cities with jobs and careers available. Go to your nearest city and look up the number of units available on Airbnb and then google the total number of housing units in the city.