$700 a Month for a Bed-Sized “Pod” in Downtown SF? Techies Are Renting Them
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#2It sounds like the $700 covers more than the pod itself — renters also get access to a coworking space (and obviously, bathrooms and common areas. What is the going rate for coworking space in SF? To me (or rather, single me from many years ago), the key remaining question is what the bathroom situation is like. If you have to wait in line for bathrooms/showers with dozens of other residents, I'd pass. But if they have sufficient facilities, and they're kept clean, I could see giving it a try.
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#3How's security? Do you get a lockable space, or do you sleep with your notebook under your pillow?
Re: $700 a Month for a Bed-Sized “Pod” in Downtown SF? Techies Are Renting Them
#4It sounds like the $700 covers more than the pod itself — renters also get access to a coworking space (and obviously, bathrooms and common areas. What is the going rate for coworking space in SF? To me (or rather, single me from many years ago), the key remaining question is what the bathroom situation is like. If you have to wait in line for bathrooms/showers with dozens of other residents, I'd pass. But if they ha…
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#5How's security? Do you get a lockable space, or do you sleep with your notebook under your pillow?
Doesn't sound like there is any security. He mentions a privacy curtain.
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#6It sounds like the $700 covers more than the pod itself — renters also get access to a coworking space (and obviously, bathrooms and common areas. What is the going rate for coworking space in SF? To me (or rather, single me from many years ago), the key remaining question is what the bathroom situation is like. If you have to wait in line for bathrooms/showers with dozens of other residents, I'd pass. But if they ha…
> access to a coworking space (and obviously, bathrooms)
Neither of those things are obvious. 700$/month is more than enough for an apartment with 1.5 bedrooms where I live. This seems nightmarish.
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#7Not ideal, but a step in the right direction. We used to have SROs -- Single Room Occupancy -- units for singles, childless couples, retirees. We've torn down about a million of them since WWII.
We need to update the concept and bring it back in some fashion. If your life is online, you don't need that much space.
You don't need rows of bookshelves when you can download kindle books. Founders of online businesses are notorious for dressing down and often have no need to dress to impress.
Re: $700 a Month for a Bed-Sized “Pod” in Downtown SF? Techies Are Renting Them
#8It sounds like the $700 covers more than the pod itself — renters also get access to a coworking space (and obviously, bathrooms and common areas. What is the going rate for coworking space in SF? To me (or rather, single me from many years ago), the key remaining question is what the bathroom situation is like. If you have to wait in line for bathrooms/showers with dozens of other residents, I'd pass. But if they ha…
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What a deal, right?
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#9How's security? Do you get a lockable space, or do you sleep with your notebook under your pillow?
Doesn't sound like there is any security. He mentions a privacy curtain.
The half-homeless protagonist of the Treasure of the Sierra Madre had at least a cage where he could lock his suitcase in. 2020's San Francisco is objectively worse than 1920's Tampico.
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#10This doesn't seem like a safe setup.
How long before tweakers and others start lighting fires in their pods?