$700/month San Francisco Housing

[Axtremus]

https://abc7news.com/post/exclusive-san-francisco-sleeping-pods-700-month-gains-city-approval/15482731/

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- In San Francisco where the average rent price is $3,000 - $4,000 a month, renting a sleeping pod for $700 a month is a deal.

The majority of people who live in the building have the same goal; build a tech start up and make it big. So, paying high rent prices is not part of that equation.

Each pod is the size of a twin bed, 4 feet tall with two fans, a mirror, and a curtain for privacy.

[Jolly]

Idiots.

[George K]

Living out of suitcase with a bunch of other people, sharing showers, sharing all those sleeping sounds...

Security?

[89th]

Sounds like the hostels I stayed at while traveling in Europe in my early 20s.

You'd think people in tech would also figure out the benefit of working on tech... using remote technology.

[Mik]

I'd agree. there's no need to be in the Bay area.

[LuFins Dad]

Link to video

[LuFins Dad]

How many sleeping pods is that guy cramming into the building as opposed to how many 1 room efficiency apartments could he pack in? My guess is he’s raking it in from these idiots.

[LuFins Dad]

Here’s the Zillow listing https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/848-Divisadero-St-1-San-Francisco-CA-94117/345532743_zpid/?utm_campaign=iosappmessage&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=txtshare

[89th]

You know, it looks fine to me. If I were young, single, and working hard.... I really DGAF where I'd sleep.

[LuFins Dad]

Yeah, but this isn’t saving them thousands of dollars a month, it’s saving them a couple hundred per month, at most. There are plenty of bedrooms that can be rented in 3-4 bedroom houses/apartments for under $1000 per month.

[taiwan_girl]

The pod hotels in Tokyo I stayed actually seem a bit nicer. USD$30/night (but maybe you could negotiate a long term rate that would make it equivalent to San Fran). Super clean bathrooms (of course - its Japan), lounge area on the first floor.

But......... no way in heck I would want to stay there long term.

[LuFins Dad]

@89th said in $700/month San Francisco Housing:

You know, it looks fine to me. If I were young, single, and working hard.... I really DGAF where I'd sleep.

I could just imagine that special Friday night… “Hey, babe… What do you say we get out of this dump and head on back to my pod?”