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San Francisco says tiny sleeping 'pods,' which cost $700 a month and became a big hit with tech workers, are not up to code (www.businessinsider.com)
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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.

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[–] flamingo_pinyata@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

As someone who's not American and had a couple of job opportunities to move to San Francisco, I'm glad not to have done it.

What kind of hellhole is that city? I had an impression it was extremely expensive but also very wealthy. The more I hear the worse it seems.

[–] robocall@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I like the city but it's not for everyone. I definitely wouldn't call it a hellhole.

[–] GlitterInfection@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

San Francisco is one of the most beautiful cities in the world. And these tech bro pods, which are not really a thing here unlike in Japan where it's been a thing for a long time, are a gimmicky joke.

You would get more space and a better place to live in a nicer neighborhood for a similar price if you simply got roommates here. It might be $900 rather than $700 but if you were sharing a bedroom, which would STILL give you more space than these pods, you could easily get down to below $700. These things are preying on tech kids out of college who only know dorm-style life and have been hired into the new AI startups.

[–] vector_zero@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

It's expensive because of the concentration of wealth, not the quality of the area. There's a ton of crime, homelessness, car break ins, etc.

People often leave their car doors unlocked or their windows down to prevent their windows from being broken, but instead they find random people sleeping in their cars.

On the plus side, the weather there is quite nice.