Bunk bed is $1,200 a month, privacy not included

This reminds me of the coffin hotels in Neuromancer &#x2F; one of the Gibson cyberpunk novels, although the real-life version is decidedly less cool (and probably more comfortable.)<p>In any case: if the cost was lower, I personally would find this somewhat appealing. A private bed and storage space in lower Manhattan for say, $400 a month, would actually be a decent deal. You&#x27;d have to be extremely minimalist, but that would be a feature and not a bug for the right audience. Add a VR system to each pod and you won&#x27;t even notice the lack of space.

If this had a bit more satire to it, it could absolutely pass for a beaverton article.<p>Privacy means a lot to me. Assuming it&#x27;s not winter time, I&#x27;d honestly prefer going home to my own tent in the forest over this.

The midwest looks better every day.

The concept is not exactly new; it&#x27;s basically a hostel. Maybe it was less common in North America until now?

There are literally prison cells in some parts of the world that are more appealing than this...

I could maybe see doing something like this if it was $300&#x2F;month cheaper and each pod had a retractable door, almost like those Japanese capsule hotels. I get that in a space this small you aren&#x27;t going to have much privacy, but to not have any sort of divider to block in the bed space seems over the top. Maybe the idea is that if people can close themselves off, they&#x27;re more likely to do something like play their music too loud or watch stuff on their computer with the volume too high versus if there is no divider they&#x27;ll be more conscientious?

I actually built a couple of &quot;micro-cabin&quot; prototypes that I was going to place on some land I have in Colorado near a couple of trail heads.<p>They were basically solar powered bunk-beds. Each &quot;room&quot; was 48&quot;h x 54&quot;w x 96&quot;l, had a 36&quot; &quot;porch&quot; and would have a locking door that used 4G to reset the code on check-in, a window, a mini heater, a foam mattress and a shelf. I never made it past building the prototype in my garage, but I&#x27;ve always loved the idea.

I turned down an internship in Palo Alto because the least expensive temporary (&lt; 12 mo) housing I could find in the Bay area was a bunk in a &quot;hacker shack&quot; for ~$1k&#x2F;month. The mortgage on my 4&#x2F;2 house in Mississippi was &lt;$500&#x2F;mo. The person who offered me the job laughed when I told her about the wild discrepancy in costs of living and said several potential interns and employees over the years backed out for the same reasons.

How much extra for access to the maggot-burger dispensers?

I lived 3 months in Hong Kong in a cubicle bedroom of www.appledorm.com 4 years ago it costed something like 450 USD per month.

I remember (I want to say it was Google) who had a hand in some apartments where you at least got a bedroom.<p>I couldn&#x27;t help but think that it&#x27;s a system that encourages &quot;young workaholics without any outside life (especially no families) need apply&quot; kinda setup.

I do wonder if you&#x27;re allowed to at least install a curtain...

Why is there no door on this? Wtf?

What once was old is new again.<p>The fad we call &quot;co-living&quot; today has been common for most of the nation&#x27;s history. You can even see examples of it in old movies, books, and TV shows.<p>But now that it&#x27;s got SVVC money behind it, it&#x27;s somehow shiny and new.<p>Although the &quot;pod&quot; angle seems new, it&#x27;s not. Though, it was almost exclusively for the very very poor in the past.

$1200&#x2F;mo - bed, breakfast, and farts from the guy who loves garlic noodles and craft beer.

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