Living space in many large cities has become a luxury that fewer and fewer people can afford, largely due to the overwhelming dominance of short-term rentals like Airbnb. Entire neighborhoods are being hollowed out as homes are rented to tourists rather than to locals, pushing residents out and driving rental prices through the roof.
In New York City, Paris, and Tokyo, short-term rental pressure intersects with tourism, speculation, and fragile housing markets. ShareBnB exposes how listings cluster, who can still afford the city, and how platform economics reshape local neighborhoods.
The visualization is a call to question why we allow the commodification of living space to displace the people who live and work in these cities.
Dr. Franklin Hernandez Castro
Data Visualisation
HfG Schwabisch Gmund IG3
Jonas Wienberg, Marlon Mutlu, Philipp Maginot