I used AirBnB a few years ago, but eventually I stopped since the customer service was absolutely trash and I never felt as comfortable or well-accommodated as

I used AirBnB a few years ago, but eventually I stopped since the customer service was absolutely trash and I never felt as comfortable or well-accommodated as in actual hotels/hostels. People do all sorts of shit in their own homes and there are no standards of cleanliness. And vica-versa, maybe you and your friends destroy a hotel room after a night of drinking and debauchery--well, there are literally hundreds of other rooms in the building, and each room is designed to be as replaceable as parts in a factory line. AirBnB tries to mimic the "rustic" effect of what it used to be like back before industrial capitalism--you'd stay in a small guesthouse in someone's home, there was a personal touch, you'd be introduced to members of the local community. But no! All AirBnB gets you is an even deeper sense of alienation than staying at some 5-star hotel a five minute walk from a slum (something I've done myself, both in the "slum" and the hotel). Who were these people I was staying next to...was I allowed to talk to them? What was this neighborhood devoid of other tourists, what was I supposed to do here, what did it offer me other than a sense that I was in a place where I didn't belong and would never belong.