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Techies are paying $700 a month for tiny bed ‘pods’ in downtown San Francisco::px-captcha

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[–] TKRyer@sh.itjust.works 34 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This is just a shittier capsule hotel like they have in Japan. At least there they don’t charge you an arm and a leg for it.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capsule_hotel

[–] anubis119@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Wikipedia article puts the pricing in Japan between 18 to 36 USD per night. That's a range between 540 to 1080 USD per month. That makes San Francisco pricing average.

[–] erwan@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago

You can't really compare a per night pricing to a per month pricing. Per month is always cheaper that per night but you loose the flexibility.

Anyway the price difference makes sense because SF housing is more expensive than Tokyo.

[–] TKRyer@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

Ooh good call! I was misremembering the price!

[–] serratur@lemmy.wtf 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

They have much better standard, they have a door you can close, not just some curtains, the SF one is like a hostel.

[–] atzanteol@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Some have curtains in Japan as well.