▲ 574 ▼ 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) submitted 3 years ago by L4s@lemmy.world [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world 164 comments fedilink hide all child comments 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.
[–] andxz@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago (2 children) That's the problem, and this is not a reasonable solution. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 years ago I think the solution is to move somewhere cheaper with fast Internet. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 2 points 3 years ago I don't argue that there aren't any better solutions, but SF is on a peninsula (called Yerba Buena if anyone cares) and is already the 2nd most densely populated city in the US, which is just to say that it's a limited space without a lot of options for housing short of building in more density. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 3 years ago I think the solution is to move somewhere cheaper with fast Internet. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TheSanSabaSongbird@lemdro.id 2 points 3 years ago I don't argue that there aren't any better solutions, but SF is on a peninsula (called Yerba Buena if anyone cares) and is already the 2nd most densely populated city in the US, which is just to say that it's a limited space without a lot of options for housing short of building in more density. permalink fedilink source parent