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.

  • meat_popsicle@sh.itjust.works
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    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?

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        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.

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

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          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?”

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

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          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.