Sometimes good sometimes bad depends on the host host, algorithims are all messed up, people lie, etc hosts are penalized for not keeping a certain rating, so hosts continually reminds you of this, guests that have 1 negative rating can not set many of the l hosts listings leading to gentrification.
I think Airbnb should be illigal. You cant buy a house and advertise it as a hotel. Zoning laws exists to prevent this, it's unfair to those without homes as well as business owners. Nowadays you book an air bnb home and it's realy an apartment some college kids are renting out, and business travelers have more money than the city folk do and price becomes so astronomically high one to one has to work 2 jobs 15 hours a day just to afford a roof for the night, hell you cant even buy a house real estate moguls are now even in for the steal. I wonder how Donald trump would feel about his hotel industry was in jeopardy because of it. Hotels exist so travelers do not displace citizens.?