The numbers matter. Look at the article above (http://mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=5207 http://mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=5207). They were quot

The numbers matter. Look at the article above (http://mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=5207 http://mv-voice.com/news/show_story.php?id=5207). They were quoted a charge of $150,000 to add three wheelchair-accessible bathrooms. Do you think that is really the best use of money at inception? Can't they say "we'll add that when we get to 1000 members, we can't afford it right now, please go to the Starbucks next door, here's a map"? It's pretty damn hard to raise $150k. That is easily more than a year's income, after tax, for a highly paid engineer in the Bay Area. Even with national publicity from the New York Times they've raised about $50k. And it's sort of difficult to raise $150k for the bathrooms. This is a gold-plated feature for a garage group without money, it's not a reasonable early feature. And that's before the traffic studies, concrete enclosed dumpsters, and other things the city wants. The ironic thing is that several people in this thread support the regulations while also saying things like: For the record? I'm absolutely for the Hacker Dojo and wish more existed around here (and / or that I had the time / ability to found one). But the reason that more don't exist around here is the price tag: more than $250k for a simple coworking space that attracts negative attention from city bureaucrats. For comparison, that is 22X the average YCombinator investment. We must thank god YC itself hasn't attracted their attention. I guess pg could pay them off now, but might have been touchy in the early days.