A new study on the effects of Airbnb listings on Boston neighborhoods suggests that the prevalence of listings may hamper local social dynamics that prevent crime. However, tourists themselves do not appear to generate or attract higher levels of crime. Babak Heydari, Daniel T. O’Brien, and Laiyang Ke of Northeastern University in Boston, MA, U.S. present these findings in the open-access journal PLOS ONE on July 14, 2021.
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