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.
ugh, this is dysphorian THIS IS NOT FUCKING NORMAL. THIS IS LATE STAGE CAPITALISM
J12@lemmy.world 1 year ago
$700 for this is insane. I get why they’re doing it but there’s no reason anyone should pay $700 for a bed.
San Francisco should build their own get that shit up to code, make it about 30 stories, have spots for restaurants, stores, retail at the bottom and make it actually affordable and for everyone. There should be no market for 700 a month 4 foot tall boxes. Greedy fucks.
themurphy@lemmy.world 1 year ago
They don’t want it. They need to do it. There’s no choice here. Alternative is to not have a job in your field, because you have to move 300km away to afford something.
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
Just what is shown in the photo would get you $7000 a month… why rent out 2-3 houses when you can rent out 10 boxes I guess.
J12@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Yep, there’s a market for it so of course the landlords will do it. Housing and rent prices in this country just sickens me but this is some next level shit
Lyrl@lemm.ee 1 year ago
With a housing shortage, say 10 people needing a place to live in this space, renting 2-3 houses leaves 7-8 people homeless. Making progress can’t be just a rejection of sub(sub)standard solutions, it has to also be building acceptable but dense housing.
books@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I mean you pay 700 dollars a month not to have to live next to people who can only afford 50.
ZombieTheZombieCat@lemm.ee 1 year ago
What a gross comment
J12@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Hell, under my plan $700 will at least get you a walk in closet sized living box with a mini fridge.
DudeDudenson@lemmings.world 1 year ago
Look up how much parking costs in SF lol
HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 1 year ago
And then with all the rampant corruption it would turn into a overpriced slum. Yes I’m pessimistic, and I hope I can be proven wrong and that your idea would happen.
triclops6@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
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.
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
You sound like the guy who founded a company to kill himself next to the wreckage of a really old ship.
“That damned city, bitching about safety regulations! They need to just get out of the way of innovation!”