> How does Airbnb benefits residents of a city outside of landlords/slumlords? When I moved to Seattle a few years ago after college, I wanted to explore diffe

> How does Airbnb benefits residents of a city outside of landlords/slumlords? When I moved to Seattle a few years ago after college, I wanted to explore different neighborhoods to find out where I wanted to live. I found an Airbnb that let me rent out a persons mother-in-law house for $1000 for a month which is like 1/3rd of hotel rates and way more spacious because the alternative is that they would just let that space sit empty.