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"or the past 12 months of my life, I paid the bargain price of $1,250 per month to sleep diagonally in a bunk bed in a 10ft x 10ft room that I shared with a 32-

"or the past 12 months of my life, I paid the bargain price of $1,250 per month to sleep diagonally in a bunk bed in a 10ft x 10ft room that I shared with a 32-year old man. Because I am 6ft 4in, sleeping diagonally in my undersized accommodation was the only way I could make it through the night without getting cramps." I do not get this, why would you pay 1250$ a month to live in a bunk bed for 12 months when you can find actual rooms with roommates for 1000-1300 in SF in less trendy neighborhoods (Sunset, Richmond, Bernal Heights, ...) ? That is, if you aren't lucky to just find one in one of the trendy ones. Sure hacker houses are fine when you just arrived and you have no money, but living there long term ? That sounds just insane to me.

watwut 9y ago
"I do not get this, why would you pay 1250$ a month to live in a bunk bed for 12 months when you can find actual rooms with roommates for 1000-1300 in SF in less trendy neighborhoods (Sunset, Richmond, Bernal Heights, ...) ?" The answer is in the article "Rent was steep for a shared bedroom, but I would get to live in the heart of downtown with some crazy smart engineers." Given description of living that includes cockroaches in the kitchen, littered trash, glass, disposed needles, and since it "reeked of urine" and since it was impossible to sleep in the night, I suspect crazy smart engineers went anyway somewhere where they can sleep in the night. I mean seriously, I am full of sympathy for uneducated poor people who had no choice but to live in a bad situation, I am all for social support and such. But at some point, and article seems to reach it, the issue is not just shady housing provider, but young genius willing to buy too much coolaid.