[mjolk]

It's strangers over the internet - the same that report bedbug issues if you google for those terms. Bedbugs are spread by travelers, sometimes NYC hotels are to even blame.

People that do AirBNB in NYC aren't doing it at the same recurrence rate as 'having someone crash on the couch.' Either AirBNB hosts are trying to control the tone on hackernews or people are seriously oblivious to reality.