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I wonder what would happen if this form of housing became more popular. Maybe soon we'll be reading accounts about two office-overnighters who inevitably found

I wonder what would happen if this form of housing became more popular. Maybe soon we'll be reading accounts about two office-overnighters who inevitably found about one another.

w1ntermute 11y ago
> two office-overnighters who inevitably found about one another That sounds like it could be the basis of a rom-com screenplay.
xamuel 11y ago
>I wonder what would happen if this form of housing became more popular. Simple. Due to liability/insurance/fire-safety concerns, it would be cracked down upon. Where not cracked down upon, it would develop into a shady black market.
dghughes 11y ago
It sounds like something Japanese people would do since apparently the commutes in Japan are horrifying long. Those capsule hotels in Japan have been around for quite awhile. I've thought of creating an apartment building of pod apartments it seems to be a Millenials thing to couch surf or share apartments.
- jacalata 11y ago
  Seattle has aPodments - http://apodment.com/ http://apodment.com/
  - hedgehog 11y ago
    The name is misleading, they're just very small apartments with a design carefully chosen to minimize regulatory constraints & tax burden. They go for about $600 a month.
  - sologoub 11y ago
    Cursory look on Craigslist showed a bunch of apartments for less than $900 in Queen Anne area, with ~$600 around Freemont. Not sure I see the need for "pods".
- logfromblammo 11y ago
  A capsule 2.2m high by 2.2m wide by 5.2m long will fit one to a 20' standard container, two to a 40' standard container, and three to a 53' road trailer. This is important to remember if you intend to build where manufacturing is cheap and transport to where land and rent is expensive.
nine_k 11y ago
Well, huge factories of 19th / early 20th century did build living quarters for their workers near to the factory's premises. I think only the draconian zoning and building codes of California prevent Facebook or Google to do the same near their own offices.
- bhewes 11y ago
  If I am not mistaken ConocoPhillips owns apartments around its support center in Bartlesville, OK. People seem to love it and that town is dirt cheap.

I wonder what would happen if this form of housing became more popular. Maybe soon we'll be reading accounts about two office-overnighters who inevitably found about one another.

w1ntermute 11y ago

> two office-overnighters who inevitably found about one another That sounds like it could be the basis of a rom-com screenplay.

xamuel 11y ago

>I wonder what would happen if this form of housing became more popular. Simple. Due to liability/insurance/fire-safety concerns, it would be cracked down upon. Where not cracked down upon, it would develop into a shady black market.

dghughes 11y ago

It sounds like something Japanese people would do since apparently the commutes in Japan are horrifying long. Those capsule hotels in Japan have been around for quite awhile. I've thought of creating an apartment building of pod apartments it seems to be a Millenials thing to couch surf or share apartments.

jacalata 11y ago
Seattle has aPodments - http://apodment.com/ http://apodment.com/
- hedgehog 11y ago
  The name is misleading, they're just very small apartments with a design carefully chosen to minimize regulatory constraints & tax burden. They go for about $600 a month.
- sologoub 11y ago
  Cursory look on Craigslist showed a bunch of apartments for less than $900 in Queen Anne area, with ~$600 around Freemont. Not sure I see the need for "pods".
logfromblammo 11y ago
A capsule 2.2m high by 2.2m wide by 5.2m long will fit one to a 20' standard container, two to a 40' standard container, and three to a 53' road trailer. This is important to remember if you intend to build where manufacturing is cheap and transport to where land and rent is expensive.

nine_k 11y ago

Well, huge factories of 19th / early 20th century did build living quarters for their workers near to the factory's premises. I think only the draconian zoning and building codes of California prevent Facebook or Google to do the same near their own offices.

bhewes 11y ago
If I am not mistaken ConocoPhillips owns apartments around its support center in Bartlesville, OK. People seem to love it and that town is dirt cheap.