I don't know Airbnb's demographics on travel (as in, who is hosting outside of USA and Canada, and who uses it outside of USA and Canada) but I wouldn't worry a

I don't know Airbnb's demographics on travel (as in, who is hosting outside of USA and Canada, and who uses it outside of USA and Canada) but I wouldn't worry about this too much. Even if their usage is curtailed in the US, they can push for marketing and usage in other countries (they are eyeing the second largest home sharing company in China currently[1]). However, I really wish Airbnb (and companies that use the same strategy, like Uber) would really try to work with cities rather than fight them. I mean, when you spend $8MM on tone deaf ads in San Francisco to fight some proposition rather than working with the city to come to a compromise, it's pretty bad. For example, the article mentions a specific bylaw for the area where the user in question in this article lives. I know things move slowly in law, but I feel it would be relatively simple to work with the city of Toronto (and the county(?) of North York) to get the bylaw removed or amended. I wouldn't be surprised if Airbnb demonizes the new SF law[2] once users get fined by the city, and to me this seems backwards. I think it would be smarter to try to work with the cities, and if you lose one, it sucks but that's life. 1: http://qz.com/845185/as-the-us-and-europe-crack-down-on-home-sharing-airbnb-turns-to-china/ http://qz.com/845185/as-the-us-and-europe-crack-down-on-home... 2: http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/overview-airbnb-law-san-francisco.html http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/overview-airbnb-law-s...