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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)

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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.

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[–] [email protected] 62 points 2 years ago (1 children)

A pod for sleeping at home: 👍 A pod for sleeping in a hotel: 👍 A pod to rent for cheap on vacation: 👍

A pod is your fucking home: 👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎👎

[–] [email protected] 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I imagine this is more like the Japanese coffin hotels. They are for salary men that work too late to take the trains home.

In this case, probably for people who don't want to do the 1-1.5hr each way to their "just affordable enough" commutter home every day. I doubt these are many people's long term permanent address.

$700/mo is excessive though.