It’s actually an entire shared living space with a common room, bathrooms, and shower. But comparable to coffin hotels which are not for extended living. You could absolutely live in these long term. It’s essentially a dormitory. Tech workers fresh out of college probably adapt to them just great. You can’t live anywhere else in SF for $700 and you don’t live in the City to stay home anyway. People living in these spend their time working at lavish offices and going out partying and wining and dining. This is a place to crash, and not even a bad one.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Yay a in city version of a en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bunkhouse Or a western version of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communal_apartment Or a adult/non criminal (for now) version of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workhouse
This sort of thing is not new and generally not a flex on the state of things.
scarabic@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The people here are bagging multiple six figures and the reason they are willing to sleep in a crash pad is they spend their waking hours in a luxury office or out at bars and restaurants. That’s just city life. Not the damn debtor’s workhouse. I’m amazed at the hysterics people are showing over this. Save your outrage for something that matters.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 8 months ago
Like better city planing and the expectation of reasonable shelter for $700 a month?
scarabic@lemmy.world 8 months ago
The housing situation can absolutely be improved. But seriously: this is an improvement. Do you know how many $700 options there are in San Francisco? Try none. I paid $550 for a room in a flat last time I lived there - in 1998
Cities should utilize high density housing styles. Shared living is one of those. But I understand that people paying $700 a month for a house with a backyard and garage - in Missouri - will naturally look at this price tag and think it’s robbery. On the other hand, these tech workers are making $500k much of the time.