Debp Posted October 14, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,017 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,293 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,356 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Share Posted October 14, 2019 Because of the high rents in Los Angeles and some other cities, people are now sharing communal living spaces. One company charges $1000 for a bed, and another charges $1200, again only for a bed. The showers, etc, are all shared. WiFi is included. Some food items like cereal are included. I saw this on TV, and only a small, locked box area in the wall by your bed is provided for personal items. I think this is only good for young people that don't own much stuff. Of course, it is better than becoming homeless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted October 14, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 951 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,561 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,041 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted October 14, 2019 It is harsh for anyone at any age. But it is also a reality for some, and many more to come that do not stay sober and get educated on how to handle their own finances. Even then it is hard to avoid suffering great loss along the way. I have been made far more aware of the conditions of the past through census bureau reports while tracking family ancestry. The row houses of the factories come to light with the number of people jammed into each dwelling in those census reports. Plus for over forty years now at least; the dwellings along the Harbor Freeway at Los Angeles have been filled with individuals, up to seventeen to a flat. They sleep in shifts" hot sheeting" while further inland people are pooling three to four income sources to make the mortgage or rent payment. There is a sense of I think defeatism today where many then decide they want nothing of prosperity and home ownership and try opting out in tiny house structures. But really on a per square foot basis it is about the most expensive housing one can buy. Used ship containers is the one I have had some interest in for building" apartments" for lease or sale. Not bad and not horribly expensive to outfit into some interesting configurations. At California I think it is going to get far worse, for now apartment building owners must raise their rents each years the newly allowed 5% per year maximum increase, just to make sure they don't fall too far behind in any year of greater cost increase because they can't go over five percent. No owner is going to do nearly as much maintenance on the structures, they won't be able to risk spending to do so. The new construction will decline greatly and the demand for any unit for rent will go up. All a harsh reality, that is going to put far more people on the streets, alleys, parks, and well just everywhere there is space to lay down. The sanitation issue is going to cause spread of serious disease. California high tech as thinks it is is is headed for an awfully harsh near future. Many a hard working person that has bought a four plex at California for their retirement years income will be stuck with owning part of a ghetto to come that is hard to sell if needed to be sold. It is going to get even nastier there. It already takes three to four income sources for most workers to pay their mortgage or rent. How many more resources can people develop just to pay for a place to live? Exodus of a sort is already underway both for businesses and for individuals. Thing is the same people that have been voting in the communist minded at California to rule over them will vote for them wherever they move to. They will never learn and change their ways it seems. They just keep asking for and demanding more control over others and more benefits for themselves. In the meantime the old seem to end up getting squeezed perhaps the hardest even though there is less to squeeze out. It is going to take a major change in family living units to overcome that. Back to a time of three to four generations in the same home instead of the young fleeing home to be on their own. It is made fun of right now, called a failure to launch, but it is the wave that is coming on today. I think that maybe a good thing overall. Families together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Debp Posted October 14, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 52 Topic Count: 1,017 Topics Per Day: 0.15 Content Count: 12,293 Content Per Day: 1.79 Reputation: 16,356 Days Won: 92 Joined: 07/19/2005 Status: Offline Author Share Posted October 14, 2019 It seemed from what I saw on TV and what I read in an article was that it's actually well employed individuals that are renting the beds. Maybe they can save while they are young living there. Here's one company... http://podshare.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnthebaptist Posted October 14, 2019 Group: Non-Conformist Theology Followers: 6 Topic Count: 118 Topics Per Day: 0.06 Content Count: 4,361 Content Per Day: 2.31 Reputation: 2,109 Days Won: 0 Joined: 02/25/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/03/1953 Share Posted October 14, 2019 4 hours ago, Debp said: Because of the high rents in Los Angeles and some other cities, people are now sharing communal living spaces. One company charges $1000 for a bed, and another charges $1200, again only for a bed. The showers, etc, are all shared. WiFi is included. Some food items like cereal are included. I saw this on TV, and only a small, locked box area in the wall by your bed is provided for personal items. I think this is only good for young people that don't own much stuff. Of course, it is better than becoming homeless. If there were more apartments available, rent would come down, I would think. Rent is high here in the Reno area, also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aimes Posted October 14, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 26 Topic Count: 35 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 6,734 Content Per Day: 2.77 Reputation: 8,345 Days Won: 21 Joined: 08/29/2017 Status: Offline Share Posted October 14, 2019 6 hours ago, Debp said: Because of the high rents in Los Angeles and some other cities, people are now sharing communal living spaces. One company charges $1000 for a bed, and another charges $1200, again only for a bed. The showers, etc, are all shared. WiFi is included. Some food items like cereal are included. I saw this on TV, and only a small, locked box area in the wall by your bed is provided for personal items. I think this is only good for young people that don't own much stuff. Of course, it is better than becoming homeless. Wow, I thought rent was high where I am, but I pay that amount for a large 1 bedroom apartment. I don't know how I'd feel about living in a situation like that - maybe 10 years ago it would've been okay. I'm an old bird now who likes her privacy and space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
other one Posted October 14, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 29 Topic Count: 596 Topics Per Day: 0.08 Content Count: 56,073 Content Per Day: 7.55 Reputation: 27,823 Days Won: 271 Joined: 12/29/2003 Status: Offline Share Posted October 14, 2019 $1,200 could get you a bus ticket to just about anywhere. LoL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missmuffet Posted October 14, 2019 Group: Royal Member Followers: 34 Topic Count: 1,991 Topics Per Day: 0.48 Content Count: 48,689 Content Per Day: 11.81 Reputation: 30,343 Days Won: 226 Joined: 01/11/2013 Status: Offline Share Posted October 14, 2019 8 hours ago, Debp said: Because of the high rents in Los Angeles and some other cities, people are now sharing communal living spaces. One company charges $1000 for a bed, and another charges $1200, again only for a bed. The showers, etc, are all shared. WiFi is included. Some food items like cereal are included. I saw this on TV, and only a small, locked box area in the wall by your bed is provided for personal items. I think this is only good for young people that don't own much stuff. Of course, it is better than becoming homeless. It is the greed in the hearts of those on this earth. It will get much worse during the 7 year tribulation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Patriot21 Posted October 14, 2019 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 28 Topic Count: 338 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 15,703 Content Per Day: 2.46 Reputation: 8,520 Days Won: 39 Joined: 10/25/2006 Status: Offline Birthday: 02/27/1985 Share Posted October 14, 2019 Join the military. Then you get the same living conditions, but for free. You even get an angry Sargent yelling at you at all hours of the day/night as a bonus. And if your really good they even let you shoot guns! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamanthaMath Posted October 15, 2019 Group: Members Followers: 1 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 11 Content Per Day: 0.01 Reputation: 22 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/15/2019 Status: Offline Birthday: 04/18/1977 Share Posted October 15, 2019 Growing up, I wish I had this as an option for my friends, who have had a tough life and at times no places to live. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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