People living in major in-demand cities that provide higher average income and life expectancy than the rest of the country SHOULD have to compete with vacation

People living in major in-demand cities that provide higher average income and life expectancy than the rest of the country SHOULD have to compete with vacationers and business travelers. Long-term residents of such cities are geographically privileged, and Airbnb is a way to share that privilege with less geographically privileged people whose long-term residence is in cities that people don't visit for vacation/business. You should also know that the "Airbnb harms rental affordability" narrative is one that was deliberately spread by the Hotel lobby via its astoturfing campaign: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/technology/inside-the-hotel-industrys-plan-to-combat-airbnb.html https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/16/technology/inside-the-hot...