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A Boring Dystopia
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I moved to sf 7 years ago for work. Let me tell you. This isn’t that insane. Some of my coworkers would share a one bedroom with 5 + people to save money. They can afford the rent in South Bay or east bay. They just want to save enough to put 1m down on a house as soon as possible or they are sending money back overseas or they own a house somewhere else and commute on weekends. I have a feeling those paying for these are making less than 200k a year and don’t want to commute via Caltrain or BART and will shower at a gym. But I could be wrong
For what it’s worth, Wife and I lived in a 2 bedroom literally on the beach for 4k a month and we did it so we weren’t miserable after work and our dogs could enjoy our lives when not working. We ended moving back to Colorado with a nice downpayment during Covid but still.
This will do well cause the mentality of just having a place to sleep is enough. However! I hope this is used by others and not just tech workers.
It would depend on the homeless person as for who would use this. I feel like this is a place where it would be the last rung before falling into homelessness rather than the first rung to climb out.
I want a society where the homelessness is not a thing, and utilitarian basic shelter like this is the worst you can fail without being dangerous or insane
But... what will motivate the lazy poors to work their asses off for the peanuts I'm so generously offering?
I suspect there are several rungs between homelessness and renting an $800/m pod from a tech industry focused startup.