Agreed. San Francisco, for example, still has many SROs in operation, and it's not even remotely clear whether they're a net benefit. That said, I think they m

Agreed. San Francisco, for example, still has many SROs in operation, and it's not even remotely clear whether they're a net benefit. That said, I think they might be onto something with respect to affordable places to live. I'm not sure that SROs and the like are the answer, but it doesn't seem quite right that your lowest cost option to live near the core of any major city is a studio that costs on the order of thousands a month to rent.