How would you design a product to help people find roommates in a new city?

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A roommate-finding product needs to solve trust as much as logistics. The core
screens are a compatibility match card (with lifestyle dimensions like sleep
schedule, cleanliness, and guest habits scored visually) and a unified listing
card that shows the person and the room together. Onboarding should use
scenario-based questions rather than self-description, since people react better
to concrete situations than abstract prompts. The trust layer — ID verification,
social links, response rate — matters more here than in any other rental context
because users are strangers in an unfamiliar city. The hardest unsolved problem
is what happens after move-in: a lightweight digital roommate agreement
generated during matching can prevent most conflicts before they start.

How would you design a product to help people find roommates in a new city?

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