San Francisco Solves Housing Crisis: $700 Adult Cribs, Not Affordable Homes
Mainstream media wants us to debate whether paying $700 for a shared room with a 'pod' is 'dystopian' or 'innovative' (The Independent). The real question isn't aesthetics; it's why San Francisco—a city with a 2023 median home price of $1.3 million—is pushing literal adult-sized bunk beds as a solution. This isn't innovation; it's a symptom. Decades of restrictive zoning laws, unchecked corporate
expansion, and an utter failure to build adequate affordable housing have led to this grotesque 'solution.' It’s the logical endpoint when profit margins are deemed more sacred than human dignity. Instead of addressing the root causes—like demanding tech giants contribute meaningfully to housing infrastructure or implementing real rent control—we get headlines celebrating the transformation of
housing insecurity into a 'co-living' experiment. It's not about solving a crisis; it's about monetizing desperation. One might wonder if the next 'innovation' will be $300 standing-only sleeping poles.