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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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[–] triclops6@lemmy.ca -3 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Ok hot take, this is a perfectly valid move, 700 for location and a box to sleep in is a welcome option for many renters in the city. If there are shared spaces like kitchen baths etc this works.

If you want your own space, ok, this isn't for you, but this alleviates a ton of rental demand which could lower rents in aggregate if enough of these are built!

The alternative is your whole paycheck goes to rent and you retire a week before death, i'd be all for this if I were single.

Is someone making a profit? Most definitely, but I get a better option to run my career in the city, I'm down. Not only that, I hope this model picks up so more people can have the option.

My gripe here is the city, bitching about no windows when this is a pretty tangible solution to many renter's problems. Either fix it yourself or get out the way when others are addressing it.

[–] db0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 25 points 1 year ago

This is what enough bootlicking does to a brain...

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

what about when the person in the next bunk jerks off, farts, falls asleep, snores?

this is a nightmare scenario with no redeeming features that I'm sure will quickly lead depression if not violence

[–] sheogorath@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Meh, if you've lived in an all boys dorm in a boarding school that's really not an issue. The main issue is how the fuck is the property market is so fucked beyond relief that paying 700 dollars for a bunk bed a "welcome" option.

[–] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

ah yes, an all boys dormitory, what every young, grown man looks forward to in their adult life

this is some Road to Wigan Pier shit.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 year ago

Did you just "well actually" slums?

[–] TwoGems@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

You used to could find a one bedroom apartment for $900 and under and you think a $700 sleeping pod is a good idea??