To what extremes does the housing bubble need to go for the government to realize that the historic QE rounds have done much to inflate both financial asset and real asset values?
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's the only cause, but it is none the less a large contributing factor that is observed world over.
Housing price inflation has become one of the fasted growing tax on the middle and lower class, are we seriously not going to do anything about this absurdity?
> PodShare pods generally cost $50 a night, $280 a week, $1,000 a month.
IMO, I would prefer to get a room with more space in someone's home / apt for a similar price via Airbnb
The above is just my personal preference but the article itself goes in-depth on this topic with multiple interviews and pics that demonstrate the various people this concept can apply too, from millennials to displaced folks.
Seems like a rip-off. Not only do you get to live in sub-standard housing you're making rent-seekers some serious profit margins for nothing. These places should be $250/mo. and everyone should be able to afford them if they need a place but don't have the cash.
In Asia there are a lot of "Love Hotels" where you check in exclusively for a place to have sex with a partner. (Provide your own partner usually) In the US there are motels that also fill this role.
As Ian Malcolm would say "Life will not be contained. Life breaks free. It expands to new territories, crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously." ;)
>Group policing is essential to the communal model. PodShare and Eddy both have on-site staff to help, but groups tend to enforce standards and keep those who stray on track.
Really? It's that easy? What about noise, incivility, uncleanliness, odors, substance abuse, petty theft, unwelcome nudity, and furtive sexual activity? In short, all the nuisances most of us remember from dormitory days. What's the process for booting and blackballing egregious offenders?
And why does this article seem not so much like journalism as it does a trade association puff piece?
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[ 1344 ms ] story [ 1397 ms ] threadSound proof, lockable and private. It would actually disrupt the market.
So far they are just the centuries old boarding house bunk bed, fancied up and called pods.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it's the only cause, but it is none the less a large contributing factor that is observed world over.
Housing price inflation has become one of the fasted growing tax on the middle and lower class, are we seriously not going to do anything about this absurdity?
IMO, I would prefer to get a room with more space in someone's home / apt for a similar price via Airbnb
The above is just my personal preference but the article itself goes in-depth on this topic with multiple interviews and pics that demonstrate the various people this concept can apply too, from millennials to displaced folks.
As Ian Malcolm would say "Life will not be contained. Life breaks free. It expands to new territories, crashes through barriers, painfully, maybe even dangerously." ;)
Really? It's that easy? What about noise, incivility, uncleanliness, odors, substance abuse, petty theft, unwelcome nudity, and furtive sexual activity? In short, all the nuisances most of us remember from dormitory days. What's the process for booting and blackballing egregious offenders?
And why does this article seem not so much like journalism as it does a trade association puff piece?