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
      21·
      1 year 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
        5·
        1 year 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·
            1 year 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·
            1 year ago

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

            • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
              1·
              1 year 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
            28·
            1 year ago

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

            • Enigma@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              9·
              1 year 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.