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A Startup That Wants to Build Cities
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Re: A Startup That Wants to Build Cities
#12I wonder if they'll choose to make a whole diverse city or just a "monoculture" of 20 somethign roommates. ? I dont imagine seniors are usually attracted to Campus' main market (see the communities on their website). But cities usually have all sorts of demographics.
Most houses are a monoculture of 20 somethings
its a shame. We all can benefit from more community. I think we can also benefit from diversity of ages etc, wisdom passed down/up etc.
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#13Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most houses are a monoculture of 20 somethings
its a shame. We all can benefit from more community. I think we can also benefit from diversity of ages etc, wisdom passed down/up etc.
Maybe as they develop and become bigger... But kids out of uni are more or less still 'getting away' from the adults. And empty-nesters probably would have a different tolerance for noise and active hours.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Most houses are a monoculture of 20 somethings
its a shame. We all can benefit from more community. I think we can also benefit from diversity of ages etc, wisdom passed down/up etc.
Some of it has to do with the people who would be interested in an arrangement like this. I saw nothing about couples, for example.
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#15I wonder if they'll choose to make a whole diverse city or just a "monoculture" of 20 somethign roommates. ? I dont imagine seniors are usually attracted to Campus' main market (see the communities on their website). But cities usually have all sorts of demographics.
Most houses are a monoculture of 20 somethings
Reminds me of how 'The Real World' TV show started out as a whole bunch of different people living together in SF then as the show progressed season after season it just became a 20 something mono culture.
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#16As a mid-career professional, this strikes me as the kind of thing that might have appealed to me when I was 19-23, but even then I hung out with 40 somethings. Perhaps I'm just not the target audience. Cool idea, nonetheless.
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#17Here's my idea to solve the same problem (aimed at tech people):
- Buy a decent expensive plot of land in SV
- Buy several tiny homes (let's say 10)[0] and put them on said plot
- Buy a large cheap plot of land way out in the middle of California (or potentially Nevada for tax reasons) that can accommodate 100 tiny homes
- Move the tiny homes (they're portable), effectively swapping them, from the SV plot to the cheap plot every time someone wants to get funding
Now, I know this is SV echo chamber speak, but hear me out for a second. I think there is a sizable market of people who realize that living in the SF Bay Area is stupidly expensive, and are willing to go ramen style because they're close to VCs. This brings the best of both worlds - cheap comfortable living + proximity to VCs during the time they need it most (rounds), with a community of founders to keep them from going bored.
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#18Looks at some of their properties in SF. 3 level house in Haight-Ashbury, ~18 units.
Each unit is around $1500/month and they estimate clean/utilities at $200-260 per month. Is that insane to anyone else? Where the heck is all the money going for utilities?!?! I have a two bedroom in the richmond, one roommate and we use maybe $30-40 a month in electric and gas, including the washer/dryer.
Re: A Startup That Wants to Build Cities
#19Looks at some of their properties in SF. 3 level house in Haight-Ashbury, ~18 units. Each unit is around $1500/month and they estimate clean/utilities at $200-260 per month. Is that insane to anyone else? Where the heck is all the money going for utilities?!?! I have a two bedroom in the richmond, one roommate and we use maybe $30-40 a month in electric and gas, including the washer/dryer.
Shrug, 1500 a month in SF is cheap.
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#20It's not that building a new city is hard. Real estate developers do it routinely. The problem is jobs. There are, at present, quite a few places in the US with more houses than jobs. Only in a few places, such as SF and some areas of Oklahoma where there's heavy drilling activity, is the reverse the case.
If you want to buy an empty town of new houses, there are plenty in San Bernardino. Vacant lots run about $7500. San Bernardino even has a new airport, fully completed and ready to go. But no airlines fly there. Because there are no jobs.