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“People are buying up houses in places that used to be unique little neighborhoods and turning them into pricey Airbnbs. And now, small business owners can’t afford the rent to their little shops anymore that made the neighborhood unique, let alone afford to live anywhere near the shop.”
“Take a look at the Venice Beach area in California — it’s happening all over now. Sucks the personality right out of the areas.”
—emilypost
“Also to add to Airbnb, it’s ruined the housing market in a lot of areas. Luckily, where I live, they put a cap on vacation rentals, but we couldn’t move back to our hometown where our families are because people and investors are buying up all the houses to turn them into vacation rentals. Locals can’t even find long-term rentals anymore. I have heard that bookings have been slow lately with all the fees, so it’s slowly starting to backfire on those people, but it still sucks. Because of this, I will NEVER stay in one ever again.”
—taylora4e62a0521
Source: https://www.buzzfeed.com/lizmrichardson/popular-things-people-ruined