Airbnb may be plastering the city with happy ads, but the anti-Airbnb crowd is fighting back with a campaign of its own. And this campaign is rather dismal and somewhat horrifying. A coalition called ShareBetter, "a special interest group that is made up of hundreds of local politicians and affordable housing advocates rallying against short-term rentals," launched a new website that shows you if you're booking an Airbnb in NYC that's located close to a sex offenderand the answer is always, yes, that Airbnb apartment is close to a sex offender. [Animal; previously]
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