The pods, which are 4-foot-high boxes constructed from wood and steel, made headlines after tech workers praised the spaces.

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.

  • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    9 months ago

    Speaking of the relative cost of housing, you can buy an actual whole house in other parts of the USA for that much a month. That could be a 30-year mortgage payment on a 100k house.

    • meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      In San Francisco/Bay Area that doesn’t even cover a parking space per month.

      In the US, the average home price sold was $495k. Where can you find a $100k house that doesn’t need a tear down or complete renovation?

      source

        • averagedrunk@lemmy.mlEnglish
          3·
          9 months ago

          My first house was a 3 bedroom, 2 bath in rural Texas for 5k more than that. That was 14 years ago. I just looked it up and it’s currently $130k. It was built in the 90s, is brick, and still looks pretty good.

        • Seleni@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          9 months ago

          So… your solution is to buy a house hundreds of miles away from their job?

          • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            Nope, I simply answered their question: “In the US, the average home price sold was $495k. Where can you find a $100k house that doesn’t need a tear down or complete renovation?”

        • Nobsi@feddit.deEnglish
          315·
          9 months ago

          My guy that is a 1900 built House. That is an immediate teardown on purchase.

          • Enigma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            15·
            9 months ago

            What? Just because a house is old, doesn’t mean it isn’t still habitable. If a house that old is still standing and in good condition chances are it’s built better than new builds. And by the pictures, previous owners have taken a lot of care in it and upgraded it. Sure, the cosmetics may need to change depending on your preferences, but there is nothing wrong with that house structurally.