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More than a step, this oversteps the mark by quite a bit. A human being shouldn't have to live in a space that small. I can't imagine it not screwing up anyone'
by kranner 3y ago
More than a step, this oversteps the mark by quite a bit. A human being shouldn't have to live in a space that small. I can't imagine it not screwing up anyone's mental health when just looking at a picture of it is giving me an anxiety attack.
- strangesmells02 3y agoI think they just sleep at it and there's huge common areas they can actually live in for the most part like a Navy ship.
- Retric 3y agoThese are basically just individual dorm rooms with communal living spaces. At 700$/month you can also afford a place outside of SF. Perfect for someone working 4 days a week who wants to commute well outside the city for the other 3.
- DoreenMichele 3y agoWell, I don't entirely disagree with you (about it overstepping the mark). But I also think you are exaggerating the negatives here. I would like to see SROs updated. This is not that.
- seanmcdirmid 3y ago> More than a step, this oversteps the mark by quite a bit. A human being shouldn't have to live in a space that small. I can't imagine it not screwing up anyone's mental health when just looking at a picture of it is giving me an anxiety attack. It works well in Tokyo. These are common housing for kids who might only have part time jobs at convenience stores.
- xkekjrktllss 3y ago> It works well in Tokyo. These are common housing for kids who might only have part time jobs at convenience stores. By this logic, homeless encampments under freeway underpasses work well in the US. They are common for people who can't afford anything else so why fix what's not broken?
- seanmcdirmid 3y agoActually housing, even if small, works better than homeless encampments. Don’t let perfect be the enemy of good.
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- xkekjrktllss 3y agoThen why do so many people use homeless encampments instead of houses?
- BurningFrog 3y ago> A human being shouldn't have to live in a space that small. The moral instinct that opposes renting out beds like these, but has no reaction to people sleeping on the street (because no one gets paid) is fascinating!
- yjftsjthsd-h 3y agoThat's making a pretty big assumption about the poster and their views.
- fragmede 3y agoThe assumption is that people have thoroughly thought out positions on things that aren't full of contradictions. Something like this challenges each of us to figure out how to square the circle on our world views with how things are and how things should be.
- BurningFrog 3y agoI don't know the poster specifically, of course, but this is a very common view. It's known, at least by its opponents, as "The Copenhagen Interpretation of Ethics".
- krapp 3y agoAutomation and AI are going to destroy the value of human labor (physical and mental) over the next several decades, and under capitalism, the market value of a person translates directly to the amount of calories they can eat and cubic feet of shelter they can afford. When your value to society is all but nil, it makes sense that your allotment of space is little bigger than a coffin. This is a quirky neo-bohemian thing for techies now but I can see it becoming commonplace under a pay-as-you-go no contract rental system in the future. Although I also think homelessness is going to be normalized in the future as well so this sort of thing won't look nearly as bad as the alternatives for most people when the climate change apocalypse really hits.
- HDThoreaun 3y agoShouldn't have to pya $5k in rent either but here we are. People should be allowed to make tradeoffs that they deem beneficial.