Ask HN: Living in a hacker house – Is it worth it?

Im currently living in a hacker house where people have their own seperate bedrooms.

Its great for networking, parties and meeting cool people etc, but the place is not being maintained

http://tiny.cc/hackerhousefuntimes

After living somewhere for a while, it's hard to maintain perspective. If you had a choice to live in poorly maintained living conditions but with cool people, vs living on your own in a studio, what would you choose? Does anyone know of hacker houses in SF that have decent living conditions (preferably with seperate bedrooms)?