Honestly unsurprising when compared to Europe. Not sure about all Canadian details but here it's a tragedy. My mother has a laundry working with Airbnbs in the

Honestly unsurprising when compared to Europe. Not sure about all Canadian details but here it's a tragedy. My mother has a laundry working with Airbnbs in the center of Rome providing them with fresh towels and sheets everyday, before she mostly catered at locals. While this is good for us, Airbnb absolutely ruined the center of Rome. Locals are being forced out further and further away, neighborhoods, markets, bars, everything I grew up and that existed till a decade ago is at a rapid pace transforming our city in a tourist theme park. Some cities have it much worse, but I can't but say that locals and traditional way of living and communities are being torn apart by mass tourism. This isn't a housing problem per se as if Rome has not enough houses for locals, you can still move further away and find a place, and I'm not even complaining about the much higher prices. But it feels like Airbnb is devouring any bigger city out of its locals, eroding lifestyles and transforming cities in theme parks. Some places have it much worse than Rome, thinking of Lisbon or even worse Venice e.g. but I swear I travel a lot and it's harder and harder to see anything local or authentic in most of the places I go unless I head for very distant neighborhoods.