Airbnb raises violent crime rates in cities as residents are pushed out
A common quote on HN (and one that I firmly believe in) is:<p>> It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.<p>This so applies to AirBnB. It's not salary per se but those that benefit by renting out units or those for whom this has saved them money I've found typically get so defensive about AirBnB to the point of calling detractors NIMBYists and the like.<p>I've long thought that AirBnB allows people to profit off something that others around them bear the negative externalities from but I think it's even worse than I would've pegged it. Clear negatives:<p>1. Reduces housing supply;<p>2. Creates safety problems;<p>3. Creates nuisance problems; and<p>4. Brings temporary residents into neighbourhoods that have no tie to that neighbourhood.<p>To be clear, I don't have a problem with people renting out rooms or an ADU on their property. Most cities don't either.<p>But AirBnB is clearly used to create illegal hotels and that's the problem.