The San Francisco Chronicle analyzed local Airbnb listings in order to measure the site's impact on the housing shortage. Among nearly 5,000 listings, two-thirds were entire houses or apartments where the host would not be present, "contradicting" the $10 billion company's self-portrayal as a "sharing economy" service.

Same as it ever was, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. In 1999, at the peak of the boom: "Startups turned warehouses into offices. Venture capitalists poured money into companies with no earnings. Chronicle reporters wrung their hands about the disappearing soul of the Mission."