TL; DR: For one year, a late-30&#x27;s academic and his artist spouse document the use of Airbnb, as a tool to facilitate law-abiding, temporary living, in varied New York City neighborhoods.<p>Airbnb comes out looking responsive, to lack of care from certain hosts. Impressions of neighborhoods vary, as you would expect, sometimes from simply finding contaminated pasta. After gaining a few positive reviews on Airbnb, they successfully negotiate their way into spaces above their price range, while avoiding &quot;red flags&quot;, like unmentioned fifth-floor walk-ups.<p>Great article, lots of tie-ins to various cultural history of the neighborhoods.