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Startup idea: convert traditional multilevel parking lots in urban centers to RV parks. Run power, water, and sewage to each space. Build a shared gym/kitchen t

Startup idea: convert traditional multilevel parking lots in urban centers to RV parks. Run power, water, and sewage to each space. Build a shared gym/kitchen to charge access to. Even install car elevators to really pack ‘em in! You could also lobby for enforcement and fines to go up in your local area to increase your customer base! Not dystopian at all!

nwsm 7y ago
I think you just invented apartments, which would need residential zoning, which is already the problem.
- douglaswlance 7y ago
  Apartments on wheels != traditional apartment.
  - JeremyBanks 7y ago
    I'm doubt the regressive city council will appreciate that nuance.
- jerkstate 7y ago
  No, I’m disrupting zoning laws. Paradigm shift!
  - blotter_paper 7y ago
    Twist: rather than rent out the spaces, just post the parked RVs on Airbnb! Can we divide an RV into a duplex? As long as it still has wheels, how big can an RV get before it's legally an apartment building?
    - jerkstate 7y ago
      Hey, how about instead of parking, they’re self-driving and they just drive themselves around the block all night? I think we just solved the housing crisis!
      - blotter_paper 7y ago
        Needs more blockchain... with Bee Token! Man, this is all coming together.
nstom 7y ago
That's actually been tried in the 70s, but for various reasons it never really took off: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/mobile-home-skyscrapers-elusive-dream-vertical-urban-trailer-parks/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/mobile-home-skyscrape...
- ebog 7y ago
  It looks like the main problems were problems with HVAC (which wouldn't be a problem in California and probably could be more easily solved with modern building materials) and the ugliness of it. Everybody in the Bay Area would surely hate a version of the Skyrise Terrace in their city but it could be a good idea if someone could buy a large parking structure and retrofit it for mobile home utilities.

nwsm 7y ago

I think you just invented apartments, which would need residential zoning, which is already the problem.

douglaswlance 7y ago
Apartments on wheels != traditional apartment.
- JeremyBanks 7y ago
  I'm doubt the regressive city council will appreciate that nuance.
jerkstate 7y ago
No, I’m disrupting zoning laws. Paradigm shift!
- blotter_paper 7y ago
  Twist: rather than rent out the spaces, just post the parked RVs on Airbnb! Can we divide an RV into a duplex? As long as it still has wheels, how big can an RV get before it's legally an apartment building?
  - jerkstate 7y ago
    Hey, how about instead of parking, they’re self-driving and they just drive themselves around the block all night? I think we just solved the housing crisis!
    - blotter_paper 7y ago
      Needs more blockchain... with Bee Token! Man, this is all coming together.

nstom 7y ago

That's actually been tried in the 70s, but for various reasons it never really took off: https://99percentinvisible.org/article/mobile-home-skyscrapers-elusive-dream-vertical-urban-trailer-parks/ https://99percentinvisible.org/article/mobile-home-skyscrape...

ebog 7y ago
It looks like the main problems were problems with HVAC (which wouldn't be a problem in California and probably could be more easily solved with modern building materials) and the ugliness of it. Everybody in the Bay Area would surely hate a version of the Skyrise Terrace in their city but it could be a good idea if someone could buy a large parking structure and retrofit it for mobile home utilities.