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This article says it's "an unusual experiment", but how is this different from an SRO? http://www.ccsroc.net/s-r-o-hotels-in-san-francisco/ http://www.ccsroc.n
by adrianmonk 9y ago
This article says it's "an unusual experiment", but how is this different from an SRO?
http://www.ccsroc.net/s-r-o-hotels-in-san-francisco/ http://www.ccsroc.net/s-r-o-hotels-in-san-francisco/
Description from this article of the "experiment": "Shared bathrooms at the end of the hall and having no individual kitchen or living room".
Description from the SRO web site link above: "A typical S.R.O. is a single eight (8) x ten (10) foot room with shared toilets and showers down the hallway."
As the SRO web site points out, these have been around in San Francisco "throughout the city’s history".
- cozzyd 9y agoI suppose SRO's are somewhat stigmatized as being for the extremely indigent, although I think this wasn't always the case: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sro-wilson-men-hotel-20180111-story.html http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sro... Nothing wrong with them in principle (assuming they're well kept / safe). If you're single, it might be a better option than renting a random place with roommates.
- titanomachy 9y agoIt's not materially different from how I've always lived -- sharing a house or condo with 1 or 2 roommates. I currently share a bathroom, kitchen, and living room with one other person, and I have my own bedroom. We're both well-paid professionals in our late twenties who are friends and happen to be single right now. It's way cheaper and less lonely than living alone. I don't think there's anything unusual about this. I guess the difference is this company will pick your roommates for you, which sounds worse to me but I guess it's easier for some people.
- erdojo 9y agoPlus, back in the 40s-60s, there were boarding houses in big cities for single women. Not an unusual or experimental concept at all.