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         In the sharing economy, anyone can be a business person. Peoplecan make money with ridesharing, by renting out their cars, or even byrenting out their homes. While allowing people to stay in your homemight be a nice way to make some extra money, vacation rentals havenegative effects on communities.
        One negative effect of vacation rentals is that they can harmneighborhoods. For example, they can change the character ofneighborhoods, particularly those in popular destinations. Smallnumbers of tourists on weekdays or in the off-peak season can meannearly empty neighborhoods, making the areas easy targets for burglars.
         Vacation rentals can also cause neighborhood businesses to lose money.If vacation rentals are empty for days at a time, small grocers and otherneighborhood businesses will not have a lot of customers.Vacation rentals also have negative effects on housing in acommunity. First of all, short-term vacation rentals can cause housingshortages, as landlords rent apartments out to tourists rather than makethem available to local residents. In addition, v acation rentals drive uphousing prices in a community. If there are fewer apartments available,rents tend to go up, forcing people with average incomes to moveoutside of the community.
        Short-term vacation rentals have harmful effects on communities.They can negatively impact the character and economy of aneighborhood, and lead to housing shortages and higher rents. Whentourism takes over a neighborhood and drives local residents away, is iteven the same place anymore?
【題組】31. What is this passage mainly about?
(A) The benefits tourism brings to local economy
(B) The ways to improve one’s neighborhood
(C) The effects of home rental on communities
(D) The ups and downs of housing market