Cheaper Lodgings Correlated with Violence: Stats 101 at Work
July 20, 2021
I don’t have a dog in this fight, but AirBnB- and VRBO-type disruptors do. ”AirBnB Listings Lead to Increased Neighborhood Violence, Study Finds” reports:
AirBnB removes social capital from the neighborhood in the form of stable households, weakening the associated community dynamics…
The write up explains:
Researchers at Northeastern University in Boston conducted a statistical analysis of AirBnB listings and data on different types of crime in their city. Covering a period from 2011 to 2017, the team found that the more AirBnB listings were in any given neighborhood, the higher the rates of violence in that neighborhood – but not public social disorder or private conflict.
Who causes the crime? The tourists? Nah, here’s what’s allegedly happening:
the transient population diminishes how communities prevent crime.
Interesting assertion. I have a small sample: One. One home in our neighborhood became an AirBnB-type outfit. No one stayed. The house was sold to a family.
No change in the crime rate, but that may be a result of the police patrols, the work from home people who walk dogs, jog, post to Nextdoor.com, and clean the lenses on their Amazon Ring doorbells.
Insightful.
Stephen E Arnold, July 20, 2021
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