It also created a market that pushed prices up in residential zones in major cities, kicked out neighbors and screwed up the rental market. For example, in my city, rental offers for residents almost duplicated when COVID hit due to AirBnB rentals being empty. If we're talking about people not affording things, we need to focus on people not affording housing before tourism.

> some of the communities that understood how to balance its pros and cons

AirBnB worked against a lot of those communities that tried to balance the pros and cons

https://www.wired.com/story/inside-airbnbs-guerrilla-war-aga...