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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] bestnerd@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] HobbitFoot@thelemmy.club 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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.

[–] subignition@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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

[–] MelodiousFunk@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I want a society where the homelessness is not a thing

But... what will motivate the lazy poors to work their asses off for the peanuts I'm so generously offering?

[–] Hegar@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I suspect there are several rungs between homelessness and renting an $800/m pod from a tech industry focused startup.