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San Francisco says tiny sleeping 'pods,' which cost $700 a month and became a big hit with tech workers, are not up to code (www.businessinsider.com)
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San Francisco says tiny sleeping 'pods,' which cost $700 a month and became a big hit with tech workers, are not up to code::The pods, which are 4-foot-high boxes constructed from wood and steel, made headlines after tech workers praised the spaces.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Speaking of the relative cost of housing, you can buy an actual whole house in other parts of the USA for that much a month. That could be a 30-year mortgage payment on a 100k house.

[–] meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In San Francisco/Bay Area that doesn’t even cover a parking space per month.

In the US, the average home price sold was $495k. Where can you find a $100k house that doesn’t need a tear down or complete renovation?

source

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In the rural parts of the USA they are all over the place. Here is a 5-bedroom house for $95k in Illinois: https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/417-W-Illinois-St-Steeleville-IL-62288/119741473_zpid/

[–] averagedrunk@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

My first house was a 3 bedroom, 2 bath in rural Texas for 5k more than that. That was 14 years ago. I just looked it up and it's currently $130k. It was built in the 90s, is brick, and still looks pretty good.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So… your solution is to buy a house hundreds of miles away from their job?

[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Nope, I simply answered their question: "In the US, the average home price sold was $495k. Where can you find a $100k house that doesn’t need a tear down or complete renovation?"