LA coliving: PodShare's permeable intersection between social/privacy

Calling it “a social network with an address”, Los Angeles entrepreneur Elvina Beck created PodShare, a coliving experiment where dozens of “Podestrians”- travelers, mobile workers or new arrivals to the city- share a communal space filled with sleeping pods or “bunk beds for adults”.
Beck, who built the first PodShare in 2012 with her father, wanted to respond to her demographic’s rejection of widespread homeownership and embrace of the sharing economy. She set out to transform the American bunk bed, creating a more open (and co-ed) version of the Japanese capsule hotels.
For $40 to $50 per night (or discounted weekly and monthly prices), Podestrians can choose a bottom or top sleeping pod (equipped with a lamp and a small flatscreen television with Internet access) along with all the shared spaces, including a kitchen (with communal food, and space for individual storage in the pantry and fridge), bathroom, showers (toiletries included) and a communal lounge.
Currently, there are 3 locations in Los Angeles, but Beck sees the model as scalable across the country, and, similar to a gym, members could have overnight access at any location.
PodShare doesn’t own any of the locations, but instead rents empty space from landlords. They stay away from residentially-zoned properties and instead focus on converting commercial or live/workspaces. Beck and her partner Kera Package have evolved the pods so they are now modular and totally mobile so they can go up and down at any location when a lease ends.
In reflection of the sharing economy’s privilege of “access” over “ownership”, Beck tries to outfit each location with extras like bicycles and instruments. She hopes each location will eventually have bigger extras, like a gym or pool. Currently, the Hollywood location even has a recording studio and editing bay.
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[@tessawarner3599]

Definitely needs some curtains. Even the most outgoing, social person needs privacy. Like I don’t wanna be stared at as I sleep lmao

[@izzy9494]

Shadow Productions true, curtains would be necessary

[@Julia-xl7hj]

Probably towels could be thrown over the rungs

[@leemckay2231]

@@Julia-xl7hj They don't allow privacy...it's part of the point.

[@spudd5832]

True. I would like that

[@hysteria697]

Yeah curtains would be cheap and way better

[@ellasansolis2229]

Nah, I don't trust people enough to do this.

[@Elfnetdesigns]

Me either, this is just weird, like some Prison dorm or the infamous FEMA camp.. You know there will be people stealing shit and leaving without a trace.

[@ellasansolis2229]

ElfNet Gaming exactly

[@sarahmyers3969]

My first thought was that I wouldn't stay in a place like that where men and women weren't separated. I just don't think it's safe.

[@yakalope_4101]

Sarah Myers so how do you stay safe out in public there's guys and gals walk all around you locks only keep out honest people if a criminal want to steal hurt or kill you they will no matter what it's on you to protect yourself there's a lot of crazy and sick people in this world my uncle and cousin are cops they will be the first to tell you they can only get to you after a crime has been committed if it takes 10min for the police to arrive after you call 911 then your in trouble like being hurt robbed etc. and the criminal is long gone

[@sarahmyers3969]

True. A lock will not keep out a determined criminal. However, I still use my locks. Setting up this kind of living situation better with safety in mind may not prevent people determined to cause trouble, but that doesn't mean it still shouldn't be a consideration.

[@dc4me44]

Wow what trash: - Charges people $50 ight for a bunk bed in what is essentially a homeless shelter - Doesn't hire people to do the work

[@mirandapanda5439]

And she called it affordable lmaoo

[@Cloudfactorygifts]

Its not low income, its temporary.

[@seanadler918]

@You had Me at Shrek Having been homeless in SoCal, the weather is nice. Few bugs. It's pretty decent, or it can be. Sure it has it's problems. Boredom was a big one for me. No TV, I had no books and lived by myself so no friends at night. Was before cellphones.

[@ellam3917]

Actually it is this is in LA and LA is expensive, you are not forced to stay here, besides this place is next to a very popular beach so living next to it is a luxury in LA.

[@Dodgersfan150]

@@ellam3917 Any popular beach in LA is just completely taken over by the homeless at this point. And parking is out of the question. There is nothing luxurious about the beaches in Santa Monica/LA.

[@iantomcharlesworth]

I rewatch this video every couple of months just to remind me that whatever problems I have in my life at least I’m not low enough to be living in a shared pod in LA. It always put my life in perspective that my life ain’t that bad 😂

[@CoopyKat]

@iantomcharlesworth I agree - I would rather live in a car than live like this! And to charge SO much for this kind of horrific living is outrageous.

[@cindyjohnson1025]

When you are young and in your 20's, these types of things are adventurous. Beyond that, a nightmare.

[@palehorse8396]

Why is masterbation rotten? I agree with the drug usage being not allowed or tolerated, but I think if you are paying why can't you have just a little bit of privacy? Not just for "rotten" things, but if you are having an emotional situation, and don't want people to see you crying and ask you constantly what's wrong. I don't think a curtain for the pod is too much to ask. Keeping a small group of strangers constantly exposed to each other is bizarre. Roommates don't do that, what's going on here

[@palehorse8396]

And I think this creates fakeness, not one of these people are behaving genuinely. I don't get to know you if you're only showing me your fake quietness and fake smiles. They're all silently judging each other.. this one eats too much, this one breathes too loud. Sounds like a shelter, out during the day and sleep at night.

[@danielchais4603]

Jessi Cakes It's a sin

[@MsHollywood9409]

Jessi Cakes I think she means "rotten" as in for the community or to disrupt the social vibe. If you are going to masturbate IN FRONT OF 20+ PEOPLE then yes, that's pretty rotten. I do believe that this place is too expensive and I believe that you can do what you want in your own private space but this is not your private space, it's an open community space.

[@joech1065]

Jessi Cakes It's a business you have to pay if you want to touch yourself. For only extra $20 they give you a permission to have some privacy

[@JKnight1316]

I know when she said that I was like what type of new wave hipster cult is this O.o

[@lestranged]

I think I would prefer a curtain to close off my bed at night. I would never be able to sleep with the noise and light and activity of those open bunks.

[@andreawisner7358]

lestrange She explains reasons why they must stay open. One must get used to it or go elsewhere.

[@lestranged]

ONE MUST. wow.

[@krisvq]

if these pods provided just a bit more privacy (a slide door or curtain) and were around $30 it would be a good idea for staying in L.A. ... This is a bit too xpensive for litteraly zero privacy

[@lestranged]

I don't even want privacy to do anything "rotten" as this host puts it. I just need darkness and quiet in order to sleep. I would wake up every time someone rolled over or walked by.

[@lestranged]

Be held accountable for the terrible SIN of being a light sleeper and wanting to actually get some sleep in darkness and quiet. Clearly any desire for privacy is a sign you are doing something ROTTEN like trying to sleep or needing a sense of security. These are signs of moral weakness and must be expunged. I bet the toilet stalls don't have any doors either because wanting to take a shit in privacy is probably sinful and rotten too. This is like some dystopian lord of the flies 1984 bullshit right here.

[@LGM090221]

“I have a lot of space. I’m not like on top of anyone...” -Literally on top of someone.

[@undefined7141]

And you’re treated to that wonderful impromptu concert vibe.

[@Uncle_Baby_Billy]

She was talking as the bottom bunk lol

[@1985rbaek]

@@Uncle_Baby_Billy Choosing bottom bunk instead of top bunk is stupid among strangers. If someone comes home piss drunk and piss in their bed, then you do not need to worry in top bunk, while in bottom bunk you can look forward to rain.

[@randomjake1488]

Omg did y’all hear when she said “oh it’s 22 people for 2 showers and 2 toilets” yooooooo and it’s for both genders! I’d die in a week. How tf can you have a 11 person per toilet policy. If this was around $20 a night, I’d get it. But it’s $40-$70 oof

[@valeriedifiore9529]

Commander Shepard i was living in another country just for my studies and believe me, the shower and bathroom thing between 11, work, where i was living was a building with 60-70 persons living there, obviously everyone had their own room, but with bathrooms, we shared 1 toilet and 1 shower between 13 persons, we just make our schedule to shower in the morning, with the toilet I guess sometimes we ran into and we just wait for the other one to finish, but I do think it works. The thing that i do not like its having to pay 40-70 dollars to have n No privacy in that mini room. When you live with many other people in a not that big space, you learn to live together in that way and adapt to the situation.

[@kati1017]

That would be the pits!

[@loverainodie]

Yep that one got me. Given the beds have no curtain and the two showers are unisex - no thanks

[@kati1017]

I agree. Just get an Airbnb!

[@windingvines1]

so much fun when they all get gastro

[@cactusstack6806]

“The future is access not ownership” is a dystopian nightmare when you realize it goes along with that ‘Interpol’ style system of social credit she spoke about

[@deadsec3554]

Damn yea this could tie into that social credit. lower scored people cant "subscribe" to these pods

[@TheTransformHERTV]

It's like that episode of Black Mirror "shudders"

[@leeroyjenkem3471]

A future where the middle class and low class eat the bugs and live in pods like depressed mole people. While the elites go around with their yachts n rolls Royce in their mansion eating endangered animal meat and caviare for breakfast.

[@MikeHunt-xj5xf]

Be Pure Be vigilant Behave

[@ThriftedDadHat]

Bukkake Bill【汚い外人】 that sounds like Snowpiercer

[@ryang2573]

I slept like this for five years. Even got paid to live where I did. It was called the Navy.

[@jahdagod5563]

Ryan G : LMFAO

[@jusrayne]

Did you get a Curtin?

[@kathyyoung1774]

Ryan G Thank you for serving. I’ll bet you don’t want to pay $1500 a month to live like that again.

[@corvuschromatic_G-69]

Still yet another place where sex is just as common and leisure as jail !!!

[@carolynsimmons3087]

LOL.

[@shibolinemress8913]

You couldn't pay me to live like that. I'd feel as if in a human zoo, constantly on display. Even Japanese capsule hotels have curtains! Also, I don't see anyone adjusting the angle of their tv screens. How in the world can they watch anything?

[@HashBandicoot356]

Only if my lifestyle involved only being there very briefly like just to sleep and 1 or 2 hours in addition to that.

[@TheRealHNIC]

5:02 that whole bit about no privacy, “oh there’s no doors, let me just leer over at the stranger’s bed adjacent from mine and badger them to do an activity! Isn’t this fun and cozy?!”

[@Skilliard]

Sounds like paying $50 a night to stay in a homeless shelter

[@debradeesimmons2663]

$50 a night for 30/31 days is a good chunk of would be rent money 🤔.

[@waspywasps]

debradeesimmons $1500?? That’s more than I pay for a decent 2 bedroom apartment

[@wandayonder9772]

@@waspywasps it's not cheap there, that's for sure. The owners will be making a very nice income.

[@joewatts4839]

In Nebraska you can get a whole hotel room for less than this. My apartment is only 675 a month

[@brookebixler1040]

@@debradeesimmons2663 She said it's $50 for the first three nights, then it's $50 per week.

[@fabiola_echeverria]

Just googled airbnb in LA and found an apartment for $40 a night

[@moved2bitchute779]

😂 But, according to this Saint, they're "profiteering" so give her your money instead

[@f.r.etling6226]

That’s gonna be more after a month

[@sp1d3rm0nk3y33]

@Matthew Taylor Beside the fact that that's an apartment and you have you own privacy, here you don't.

[@makayla71399]

Exactly!!!

[@oceanprincess8886]

Same

[@MalikaSmile]

This is just an expensive youth hostel. I checked, youth hostels in the neighbourhood of where they are and it is about 30 dollars a night. Every travel site catalogues them as hostels. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck, you might as well call it a duck. This is what marketing and capitalism do. Rebrand and get as much money out of peoples pockets as you can. I am happy to see in the comments, that most people are not fooled by this rebranding attempt. Cool.

[@chelsealugosioprrator6022]

i read " you might as well call it a dick"

[@FishFreddy]

It is not what capitalism does, it was people do to themselves. Can't really blame others when someone shoots themselves in the foot and then complain about walking limp.

[@maddiemaccheese8170]

Ahh but there's the catch, she calls herself a communist but functions like a slumlord. It's interesting that way.

[@PLANETWILDFIRE-fj7dz]

Burn it down

[@skittlesxd1299]

5:28 " There's no way to do anything bad" Sex isn't bad, just making love and all animals do it.

[@jackhew93]

skittles Xd except animals have offsprings when they have sex. It’s not a game

[@abesapien9930]

She's the smug Christian type, I guarantee it.

[@cowboy4378]

I thought these LA commies were all about my body my choice. If I wanna shoot up heroine or touch myself then let me bitch

[@elizabethgrable1267]

She is a feminist.

[@oceanprincess8886]

Ikr i that thought that was so weird

[@epen1898]

I bet it smells like feet.

[@TheBowersj]

or yeast

[@TheHarryChanne1]

or meningitis

[@mariabardo6420]

Or Ebola

[@phil7394]

or sour milk

[@TheBowersj]

iTheGeek or Corona's then

[@Johanna.EG.]

So, by "testing" she means repeatedly building residential housing in places not zoned for residential housing, with the excuse that she can leave as soon as she gets caught?

[@agmediacanada]

JohannaEG I had the same "feeling"

[@theodore4923]

Naw, mate. She's "disrupting" the baby-boomer landlord-tenant paradigm!

[@sims0192]

Ma’am this is a hostel.

[@eyepodwalkman6247]

It's almost exactly a hostel. But she says "no, no it's not a hostel...it's a podshare!" These crazy kids and their "branding" ha ha..

[@lindagarrido4353]

And a COVID-19 hot spot!

[@MustardSeeed]

@@eyepodwalkman6247 😂😂😂

[@MustardSeeed]

@@lindagarrido4353 😂😂😂

[@1985rbaek]

They all think that this is something new. Never even thought that people have done this for generations because of traveling workers like building workers (in most of Europe) or salary workers in Japan. It is a pretty common practice to do in a lot of countries. Hostels are the same, but this one is even more inconvenient due to it being an open space. If the price could come a little bit down (hitting the traveling workers market), there is a potential for earning a lot of money on this one. I would say I prefer the Japanese style tube hotels since you at least can close off the end.

[@IIIJFRIII]

Thank goodness, most people see this as absolute evil.

[@439bananas]

It is potty to expect that people do not need private space or to say that sex is evil, was this woman born by immaculate conception or something. Not to mention how difficult it would be if someone snores.

[@andriif.5329]

It's just matter of time...

[@helpme1005]

@@andriif.5329 this is the future.

[@rorirm]

"In the future you'll own nothing, rent everything, have no privacy."

[@jakeyeet8577]

How is this evil

[@wow6708]

You working at a coffee shop $1,500 a month for rent really for a bunk bed really. it's time for you to leave California

[@01Lenda]

🤔🤣😂🤣

[@worldsupermedia7509]

Naima Naima or at least Los Angeles

[@talusranch990]

Nooooooo, stay there

[@sandywinfield9406]

Some people just like the California lifestyle.

[@johnsketcher2222]

Yeah, leave California and vote Democrat in the next state you move to. No thanks, stay put and marinate in all that socialism.

[@khaliahlaura]

Can you imagine coming home exhausted and Bridgette and the Idiots are doing a concert in the room...

[@Michael-my1pq]

J_Khaliah I swear....it would be so annoying to hear those people that think they can sing sing all day long

[@Misswhome2010]

J_Khaliah 😂😂🤣

[@brigitteleafbarnes1441]

Thanks for the great idea for a band name! XO Brig :)

[@khaliahlaura]

Brigitte Leaf Barnes I will sue you for every dime you make. Lol

[@khaliahlaura]

biff322 I don’t know what kind of millennials are in your family, but I can’t relate.

[@nordberserker1591]

I've heard of places that live like this. They're called cults.

[@nordberserker1591]

@Ammonia Come to think of it, more than likely. Funny thing is their 90s looking website still works and they have a guy keeping it up and running.

[@Denaligirljodie]

It’s a hostel

[@s.d.b3144]

Lol..thought the same

[@nordberserker1591]

@A true meme master That's because you're not in THEIR cult. Irony is not their strong suit methinks

[@Splendidchaos1]

Not to be that person but, can't imagine how this works with the coronavirus spread around or just the common flu. Close communal living with shared everything, isn't best for health.

[@hayaglamazonluxe]

Covid-19 is going to make this living situation extinct. Not healthy, no privacy, just a mess.

[@DynamicEyeStudios]

Now think of an actual homeless shelter. I have heard that some people have been getting vouchers for motels...

[@TheLinposterIsSus]

For once in your life someone is asking you to be that person. This “pod living” shit is horrible already.

[@billbradley5296]

Everyone that stays are required to wear "sleeping mask" for night time privacy after 10pm😂

[@bdhjbazekduve]

Poor people in Hong Kong have been living like this forever. Here is just a new generation fooling itself into thinking they're creatively walking into a positive future when they're actually just proactively downgrading their own lives in a world where rich get richer, poor get poorer, and with this divide not being between countries, but globally throughout every society.

[@fallingbed1]

It’s all fun and games until someone starts snoring

[@vickirasmussen4791]

fallingbed or just want to sleep

[@LuciaFiero]

YES. I have shared hotel rooms with a variety of friends and some of them snore like buzz saws. Again CURTAINS, along with a white noise generator in every "pod" would help muffle the noise. Without the curtains, the white noise generators would be largely ineffective. Again the issue of drugs comes up: They are very eager that no one uses illegal drugs there, (and the offer that ass a reason they don't allow curtains) but it's likely that *prescription pharma* would be the only way a lot of people could sleep under those conditions.

[@Theshoulderbuddyhunter]

Or stealing...

[@calebmorrow4245]

In the video they say they ban people whose snoring causes issues.

[@calebmorrow4245]

James Craig videos kind of covers this.

[@marshayoung9387]

I can just see a huge bed bug explosion happening now. Impossible to avoid.

[@Boces1988]

You should see their reviews. Bedbugs are at all their locations

[@dkoch2]

I stayed at this specific location for 5 days back in 2017 and I ended up first getting the #1 bunk bed so I had to climb those pipes to get to the top whereas the other pod beds had the stairs. I asked to be moved and they moved me to a side bed so that was nice but in this specific location, for the time that I was there, they failed to tell you that the people living in the loft upstairs had parties everynight and it sounded like they were clogging nonstop, it was insane. Staff was out of hand too here, they tell you flat out...lights out at 11, you need to be quiet but you could hear them in the side room talking about sex and drugs, really unprofessional.

[@valcaron]

Californians talking about sex and drugs? Surely you jest.

[@dkoch2]

@@valcaron Haha...well, my main point is that they weren't even going by their own rules they made sure to tell everyone when they arrived like quiet hours. They were the first people to break them when everyone was trying to sleep

[@ShaunDreclin]

I think a thin privacy curtain isn't too much to ask. I get the idea of not wanting people hiding away and doing drugs, but people need a certain level of basic privacy. Especially when sleeping, I don't want people watching me sleep.

[@colleenguevara]

Shaun Dreclin I agree..

[@nathantrejo403]

For real

[@Batya-Grace]

Shaun Dreclin ...but people know what they are getting into. You wouldn't choose it, but others do. They don't need a curtain. It's not like they feel invaded when they have already accepted it.

[@colleenguevara]

Bonnie Lee I mean...it’s nice to have some privacy

[@DJRenee]

This isn't for someone who needs a privacy curtain.

[@ruzzellcrowe9352]

I was in the Navy... we at least had curtains on our beds...

[@herodotus53]

Same here, The first thing this reminded me of was berthing on my sub. I slept down in the torpedo room and at least a curtain so I could have sex with myself. And I was getting paid for it, too!

[@MankindFails]

@@herodotus53 How does it work when you work in a sub. Do they pay you for the fact you are there 24/7 or do they still pay you like you work the day in an office ?

[@herodotus53]

@@MankindFails You receive a monthly salary based on your rank and time-in-service, regardless of which branch of the military you're serving in. I also received extra monthly pay for submarine service and for "sea time", both of which increase along with your time in service. Some of the guys who had been in for 15+ years were getting sea pay and sub pay that was more than the base salary of new enlisted guys. It's a rough lifestyle, but a great chance to sock away some cash if you're single. I miss some of the people, but not the job.

[@Antipodean33]

Ruzzell Crowe and you were paid to be there

[@MankindFails]

@@herodotus53 Thanks for the reply. Great way to gather money indeed. It's not a job for paranoid people though. I mean, in a metal tube under the ocean, what could happen... lol

[@HamguyBacon]

15:29 annie comes in and is like wtf are they doing to my stuff.

[@Viktor007]

Poor Annie

[@cowboy4378]

If she turns into psycho Annie we can just get rid of her.

[@profoundobserver2533]

I always wondered where people who sing on trains live.

[@juicymiss87]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@camrunmaffew]

LOL!!! This is why they’re begging they pay 40 dollars a night

[@epmike123]

I love how this assumes everyone is on the same sleep schedule. Can you imagine working a night job and then coming back to a "jam session"?

[@marianforeman8865]

LOL!!!! remember the so called "quiet hours". A sucker is born every minute and they pay 1200 a month to rent a bunkbed....ooops POD!!!

[@Lucretciela]

I'm sure it's not always lame Indie bands keeping you up at night, there's always the untalented creep who insists on reading their bad poetry

[@ashleeharlow5093]

Exactly what I thought!

[@christinecaney2745]

$1,200.00 a month, for a bed..... Nuts.

[@mimsley5]

It's way too expensive.... owners making a killing

[@shauncole1882]

You can tell shes rehearsed this sales pitch a million times.

[@Sir.YeetusIII]

Duhh

[@sojournia1717]

This is exactly like every hostel I've been to except there's no curtains

[@abesapien9930]

"Co-living" is not the term that came to my mind. More like "military bunkers" or "prison camp." But in America, you can repackage and rename anything, and consumers will give you big $$$$ for it!!!

[@lokalkakan]

Thats a hostel no matter what you say

[@seeranos]

You can't possibly compare those to this lol

[@electronicgrinsch]

Nathan Ware of course. And I do it also.

[@TheOwenMajor]

I didn't know slave ships where so nice, looks like a hostel to be.

[@Zania16ify]

Exactly. Lol they're overdoing it.

[@ericseveneleven]

It's called socialising and trendy design.

[@markconrad9619]

when you can bring a bowl grapes to your bed, that's when you know you're an adult

[@jessikajimenez75]

Mark Conrad lol

[@skiaddict08]

hahaha

[@whackamolechamp]

But in this situation you are supposed to share them with your bunk mates. Everyone gets one Grape even though you bought them.

[@Halbmond]

15:20 showing off her “Murphy Pod” with everything falling off the bed in the background

[@movinbutnotshakin]

My diet and resulting gas would destroy this entire business.

[@gd.523]

🤣

[@chrispayne750]

So basically this is only for extreme extroverts who have no sense of privacy and like invading other people's space.

[@69in89]

I can see it applying to people from collectivist cultures as many in those countries grew up in such conditions and share similar values of community or even conformity. The rest of us from individualistic cultures? Staying here for anything longer than a few days or even a week? No thank you. I spent a year in Afghanistan living among 35 other men with dirty habits, but we all had each other's back and all shared a common identity not to mention the accountability concept too. For $1200 a month in LA, my introverted ass could afford a place as long as I had a roommate or two. Not only would I have my own room, and the rest of the place shared with only 1-2 others, but I may even have my own bathroom too with that.

[@catcat3964]

And playing live music bands at 10pm when some people are trying to sleep. It’s a giant dorm room without walls. I also bet some early risers who talk and whisper and walk around stomping their feet live there. I’ll pass. I need darkness, I don’t like morning birds, talking, or any sound to be honest. All these girls are probably my blowdrying their hair, people chatting, taking showers, coughing, laughing, phones buzzing, typing away, watching tv, walking on their fucking heels, eating, whispering and giggling, alarms going off... it doesn’t end. I have a hard enough time sleeping with another person in a hotel room. Like if you’re going to ban snoring, then ban the bands, talking, phone use, laughing and eating and coughing and showering and walking around and going to bathroom 30 times at night. I sleep with a water bottle and it crunches all night, so I’d annoy people. Also I sleep during the day too because I have anemia and I get fatigue easily.. so guess I can’t be there because I’d hear 20 people talking and chatting and running in and out all day long.

[@Network126]

Extreme asexual extroverts.

[@The_New_Abnormal_World_Order]

@@Network126 Yes! heh heh!

[@WheatleyGLaDOS]

$1500/month??? Are you serious? I wouldn’t live here even if it’s free. MY moms basement has more liberty than this.

[@anderzejn]

1000$ in LA 1200 in SF

[@sweetcanada17]

This could be a disaster during the current COVID19 outbreak.

[@robenuswaktole6799]

These outbreaks are once every couple centuries

[@JulioLopez-xz5kx]

@@robenuswaktole6799 Don't kid yourself. The governments have now learned they can turn off society with lockdowns like a light switch in the future.

[@lissette9172]

Ok that girl was like it's my bed what are you doing and then that interview awkward

[@A80G]

as an introvert i prefer they put some solid partition like the japanese capsules. then they can create a social area. i donot like 24hrs with no privacy

[@flyingpenguin3668]

I lived in a hostel (as an introvert) in a similar fashion, but even then I asked for a bottom bunk bed and drape a curtain over it partially. At night when the light's off and I browse the internet and watch movies with my headphones on the curtain can make sure that light doesn't bother others who need sleep.

[@LadyPenelope]

Good intention questionable, nice concept, the price is way too high..I'd never pay 50.00 for that. Ever...plus, you'd never save money if you stayed there for any length of time. Keeping people in poverty, one pod at a time.

[@tunafishjoe]

I just googled that area. The cheapest motels are 100 a night (3,000 a month), and the cheapest places to rent are 2,200 a month (deposits, utilities, cable, etc will bring this up much higher). 1,500 a month is a great deal.

[@kiwigirljacks]

Gordon Tendick 2,200 for what though? If for a place you can share with 1 or 2 others, then it's going to be a better deal than this

[@LadyPenelope]

This is being touted as a great option for low income people in an expensive part of town. If you worked at Starbuck's and stayed here, you'd be living hand to mouth...which makes this a place that is not for people that 'need a place to crash.' If you are desperate enough to use this as a place to crash, then you are most likely in a desperate way because you have no car and public transportation is difficult (which it is in L.A., I grew up there). Potentially, this is a place of last resort which is not an altruistic way to do business whilst trying to look altruistic. How much does this warehouse space cost per month? How much profit are they making? Is this really a feasible option for those in need? I'd entertain an honest understanding of how this works for the owners, but it seems fishy.

[@TheClosetedFreak]

At 16:28 they talk about how it can become $250 a week if you extend your stay, which leaves you at less than $1250 a month, which is pretty good for that area. It seems like the $50 a night is only for temporary stays. I would never want to live there longterm because I'd rather live with friends and wouldn't want to pay "rent" forever but it is actually pretty affordable if you stay there for longer than a few days.

[@monkeybutt51836]

+Alcinda Gamgee That's not affordable. At all. Your housing costs should be, if I recall my Suze Orman correctly, a maximum of 1/3 of your income. This is clearly marketed towards young people, and how many people, 18-25, could swing that

[@redbison6417]

"we have a pod share membership for where every X amount of stays you get a private room to cry, meditate or have sex" I would say you would desperately need all 3 after staying here

[@visionwarrior777]

lol........lol......LMFAO!!!!!!! earn a night to have sex?!? WTF?? she forgot to mention she has discount coupons for the hookers outside the building that work the corner for when you earn your "private" pod night!!!

[@amymichelle5950]

Lol

[@user-gv5um9ej8o]

Besides the discussions about the high rent or absence of privacy, in my eyes, the saddest thing is the misuse of the word "community". She kept repeating how a random individual could become member of the "community" just by securing a bed, having eye contact with some other completely unknown to him individuals and doing some silly, superficial "rituals" like writing his name (which, by the way, can be fake) above his bed. The saddest part is that probably there are some completely alienated, postmodern, ultra individualistic people out there who understand the meaning of "community" as something so superficial and shallow as like this. Well ... a "community" is something much more complicated, deeper and meaningful than just sharing temporarily common space with some strangers and greeting them by their (possibly, fake) names! Even for the United States, a "community" is much more complicated.

[@jean_luc_retard]

and the best part is when she says "you can be part of the community, as long as you paid for the night"

[@SeganHealthHacker]

THANK YOU. Oh, and don't you go doing "rotten" or "dirty" things, Ok! The community won't like it and won't accept you anymore!

[@Dremons7]

@@jean_luc_retard "if you pay for the night, we'll all be your friends"

[@carmenbrown6515]

I don't understand how they can expel "dinasnores" (people who snore) from the community but then hold concerts in common area when people might be trying to have a nap.

[@amymythen3744]

Carmen Brown It doesn’t make any sense does it 😂

[@sangredelic]

Amy Mythen Sure it does. Concert stops at 9 pm, 10 at the latest; snoring goes on all night.

[@brandx1020]

This girl is robbing people. $1200 a month for a bunk bed. That is crazy

[@brandx1020]

@Donaldshel Trumpstein I mean more like she is doing it without hiding it because they are stupid

[@mastersfan04]

That's capitalism

[@kaileealtman9630]

She says if you want to stay long term, you stay for three nights, and then it switches to 50 a week instead of 50 a night.

[@afox5319]

@Terrell X 400 a month? that gets you a good sized apartment in vienna. GDP is roughly the same.

[@angusking1593]

For that kind of money you could probably get a room in Travelodge every night. Well in London anyway, not sure what the equivalent hotel in San Fransisco would cost. Anyway, at Travelodge you would get privacy.

[@Bbbshushrhrsux]

hahahahhahahha oh my god. Corona virus is going to tear through this room

[@uniqueanartist6792]

I’m laughing at her saying “Kate you want to get coffee, it’s so much better than knocking on someone’s door and asking that” What!? Check out the reviews on this place. People are being bite by bedbugs, showers covered in mold and more. People are suing

[@djla1231]

So.... no background checks, no privacy, people stealing others stuff, no doors to showers, not curtains, no set bedtimes, no limitations and discrimination against anyone who does unholy stuff. It’s a no from me

[@TheWaldocrazy]

An expensive ass rule less prison

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

Yep. I was done when she called masturbation and sex "rotten" and "bad".

[@KnuxligerKnux]

Pretty typical Hostel environment. That said, these soy filled nu males are trying to market this as somehow a new "living space", i.e. this is supposed to be the "new normal" for tenants because apparently in 2019 owning property is "yucky".

[@mierbeuker8148]

Let's face it, this is the only way these "modern progressive" cucks get to sleep in the vicinity of women.

[@haroonmushtaq1287]

Dear u are absolutely right

[@jonahfalcon442]

Reminder it is $1500 a month to live in that hell hole.

[@kushy2249]

1000

[@chiiva846]

Kushy224 50$ a day. 50$ X 30 = 1500$

[@kushy2249]

@@chiiva846 250 a week they said.

[@chiiva846]

Kushy224 If it’s 250 a week then there’s 3 weeks in a month so 700

[@kushy2249]

@@chiiva846 3 weeks in a month?? 😂 are you sure??

[@VividFractals]

6:14 walking in a communal area barefoot, nasty af

[@NatashaRaisorGlam]

I can’t believe they charge $50 a night🤦🏾‍♀️ At least in the Navy males and females have separate rooms. Also how is there only 2 bathrooms for all those people.

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

I guess there is a line or better yet, a signup list!!!! Maybe they can build it into the app - "You may use the bathroom now. Also everyone knows you're using the bathroom now. "

[@nyotauhura7412]

re-naming it a "pod" does not change the fact you're living in a bunk bed.

[@turnofevent8094]

@Eric Bowman Appears this idea is working for some due to lack of funds, being human with manners one can easily fit in, being a jerk no such way. It is workable.

[@liddleriddles420]

Well... Bob was playing his damn dubstep too loud in his headphones. So, I came in the frosted flakes to show that bich I ain't playin no game!

[@Opiwantube]

@Eric Bowman the're trying to build a prison...

[@whatfreedom7]

Tzu Xao'Shin for you and me to live in.

[@JoJo-jy2rw]

@Eric Bowman $100 says you've never spent 5 mins in a cell let alone a prison

[@cassiecasper8560]

50 bucks a night is not affordable... I'd rather stay in a ratty motel at least I'd have my own bathroom. Hostels are literally the same concept on a smaller scale and cost like 20 a night.

[@-ahvilable-6654]

My Phone 'podestrians'

[@camcruise9600]

This is for millennials

[@DemonKittyx19]

Cassie Casper 캐시 캐스퍼 that's 1500 a month which is average for a studio apartment in a crapass neighborhood.

[@OYah137]

Cassie Casper 캐시 캐스퍼 I couldn't have said it any better.

[@OYah137]

Heather Feather Um NO, that's a studio in a NICE neighborhood in LA.

[@agnesmefful9661]

This needs to be like $10-$25 dollars a night. I’ve been to really nice hotels for $50 with breakfast in Chicago and Austin. I can understand why someone would stay here if they are in a pinch or homeless or broke, but the noise, smells, and forceful socializing that probably goes on in there is not worth the price. The “community food” is ramen and cereal... there’s only 2 showers and they are small, and they are the only places you can get dressed in private. The bed that turns into a desk comes with no chair.... so why would anyone use it. There is no such thing as cleaning this place well because you’d be disturbing the next person. There is so many problems. Imagine someone climbing on you as you sleep or something crazy like that. Imagine someone being sick in there or someone stealing since everyone in there is so careless to lock things up. Imagine someone letting someone in by accident (or purpose) and the person just assumes living there. Just imagine everything that can go wrong in there. This is just not practical at all. You can’t even snore God forbid or less they KICK YOU OUT! This is absolute nonsense they are playing basketball in there, having concerts, what in the world!

[@Ciaran_Johnson]

"You'll own nothing and be happy"

[@janedoe1776]

God finally. I thought I was the only one thinking this was representative of something more sinister.

[@Ciaran_Johnson]

@@janedoe1776 These will pop up everywhere, i mean who'd be able to afford anything better on Universal Basic Income eh?

[@hsjdfjfgdf4014]

Even watching this made me uncomfortable and stressed

[@jimmyp9105]

ece sfsgags you were triggered.

[@Network126]

I'm an introvert and I live with a sadly similar lack of personal space and privacy in my dad's kitchen. I have cardboard up all around my bed. I never get peace and quiet. It drives me absolutely insane and makes me very depressed. I can't have a life living like this. I can't relax or function or get anything done. Especially with a blasting TV behind my head. I can't even hear myself think. I literally had to quit my last job because I couldn't even sleep when I needed to. I had to be at work at 2am, and the TV would be blasting behind me until midnight or later. Every damn night. I have a gofundme up to help me get an old used RV to live in, but it seems to trigger and piss off a lot of people online, and I find myself having to argue with these people on a daily basis about my basic need for privacy to just be able to function and hold a job. People overwhelmingly don't seem to buy it. I feel like I'm in the damn Twilight Zone. It's beyond frustrating.

[@ilovetyraandnaomi]

@@Network126 dude. Stop it

[@aspiring...]

Why is having sex or taking drugs 'rotten'? Who is this woman?

[@VAX1970]

Are you serious, who takes drugs and has sex in public spaces?

[@Samtagri]

Yea, seriously!! She is rotten!!!

[@kay486]

russian spy whos trying to take down capitalism, she even admits that somewhere in the video

[@kay486]

now are you serious? who lives in public spaces?

[@Samtagri]

It is ironic to call the place where you are sleeping a public space. Which is indeed what this seems to be. Wanna pay $50 to sleep in public?? Didn't think so...

[@herbalhairstylist]

"you don't have to knock on a door", yeah so inconvenient, knocking on a door. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@UpUpDnDnLtRtLtRtBAStart]

"Hey, you haven't paid rent yet!!!!"

[@cowboy4378]

I hate giving people the opportunity to answer my request or not. I think she is the most successful narcissist in existence considering they usually burn themselves out.

[@darkbladeone]

She just folded open Annies laptop without asking.

[@kaatbrackeniers3505]

If I pay $50 at night I want to at least have some privacy. How do these people get dressed in the morning? In the shower? There should be curtains in font of the beds and the price should be lower.

[@kaatbrackeniers3505]

The murphy bed is neat though

[@JohnSmith-yw4bh]

Kaat Brackeniers those two things would solve all the hang ups I have about it.

[@shelbyg9764]

Kaat Brackeniers your right

[@OldLordSpeedy]

Kaat Brackeniers For me as european guy and my asia financée is it a problem, we both sleeps in light night clothes and use the shower naked. Where we can change the clothes? Then better a hotel or hostel room with double bed ...

[@culeloc3173]

She talks about the lack of privacy like it’s a good thing

[@FungusMossGnosis]

The only good thing I saw in the whole advertisement was exhibitionist Austin girl flashing her rotten crotch @ 18:14

[@XTDaReDeViL]

like communism, bad bad bad. Privacy it's our right.

[@bensenzo]

@@FungusMossGnosis Sex is a rotten thing?

[@actual_doge3221]

@@bensenzo When there's several other people you are being inconsiderate of, yes. It is a rotten thing.

[@bensenzo]

@@actual_doge3221that's not what fungus meant and you know it

[@gorgeeus]

How much does “Psycho Annie” make at the coffee shop she works at? 🤔

[@mike2872]

Fuck that, I prefer privacy and being alone. Don't see the need to be forced to "socialize".

[@icturner23]

It’s a hostel. “We don’t call it a hostel” doesn’t change that. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it’s not original at all.

[@BolinFoto]

It's not a Hostel it's a FEMA disaster camp rebuilt to look like a European refugee camp and all for $50 a night. They should have "one born every minute" as their slogan....

[@teda4229]

@@BolinFoto Your comment made my day. That quote should be on a T-Shirt and billboard!

[@LattoSan]

It’s all fun until you turn around and spot the creep smiling and gazing at you in the dark lmao

[@oaka5639]

Ledgebringer X: thats why you have a shotgun lying under your pillow

[@gd.523]

It's just part of the "policing" system, so no worries lol

[@avamasquerade]

*THIS* I'd say this is a voyeur's/stalker's paradise.

[@austinpuppy]

All you want to do is sleep, but there’s a BAND playing next to your bed. Also slow down play speed to .75 and she sounds normal.

[@MaraMara89]

I has to check if I have increase the speed, I was sure it is on 1.25 XD

[@willn8664]

lol only in Commiefornia can someone get away with overcharging for a glorified homeless shelter.

[@cowboy4378]

It’s funny because homeless shelters are free

[@user-ck2us7wn7w]

this is literally an introvert worst nightmare

[@Shortlady82]

shahad •• I know right!!

[@julianfavela11121985]

Thank you !!! I agree

[@sitinurhalimah3610]

What exactly I was thinking the whole video haha

[@DoggoWillink]

I’d rather to go prison.

[@dangeriousluv5087]

like me.. im sweating just thinking about being watched while i sleep

[@BelieveNoGod]

I think the Japanese capsule hotels are better. No.1 You have privacy. No.2 Nobody have a concert, when you want to sleep. No.3 This isn't cheap

[@msmn6519]

BelieveNoGod it’s not really supposed to be private so if you wanted privacy you probably wouldn’t go there

[@mark_zuck]

I love it how one of her selling points is that you can harass people 😂 she literally says you dont have to knock on a door you can just walk and ask someone something, nothing more annoying that people not shutting up and leaving you alone, this is terrible.

[@jameslevi3155]

Lmao 😂😂😂

[@stellabeanpurry8477]

No kidding! $50 a night to have people stare at you. No thanks. That musician thing would be really irritating.

[@darleneayala2563]

Lmao she makes it seem like playing with yourself it’s bad or something 😂

[@jackieredinger3238]

It is if you have absolutely no privacy while doing it haha

[@gd.523]

Lol. Just imagine someone whipping out their tool and going to town in front of all of their pod mates. Doesn’t seem like a bad idea at all.

[@gnatzparker8379]

"if you pay for the night we will all be your friends" um what hahahaha

[@mauriceosullivan6832]

She's the boss of them 😂.

[@webyourstuff1]

Interesting concept. I notice it is coed. Where do you change your clothes? Are there rape issues? What about noises at night? People who live a stinky lifestyle? People who want a buddy in their bed? Someone leaves their underwear on the floor?

[@Tinamar65]

...no, but socks....

[@rhiannonc3978]

webyourstuff1 q

[@monikasea]

webyourstuff1 well you have to give up some of a lifestyle you used to live...😊

[@webyourstuff1]

Oh, I see... an adventure into new ideas!

[@sbrazwell42]

webyourstuff1 i just couldnt handle the noise and activity..but great for young people..

[@juki0h391]

an introverts worse nightmare

[@ajverrie312]

juki0h tuki ikr

[@SwolHumanist]

I know

[@terrytaylor5192]

juki0h tuki i would be so depressed

[@johncole4882]

juki0h tuki good to know I’m not the only one

[@aerohk]

Introvert got to rent motel

[@hippymama100]

Who's here in 2020, during the Covid 19 pandemic? 2020 me is absolutely horrified at the transmission rates a place like this would allow. *deep wracking shudders*

[@5h0rgunn45]

I was thinking the same thing ;)

[@MaraMara89]

that's why in my country all hotel and hostels are closed. In yours not?

[@hippymama100]

@@MaraMara89 yes, as of now, everything is shut down. My original comment was made before things had progressed this far. Of course, we should have shut everything down months ago. But, here we are. With the highest death rate globally. 'Murrica.

[@Kodak718]

That ad with "we'll all be your friends" felt like an ad for more than a slumber party.

[@fabiola_echeverria]

The 2 toilets for 25 people would be the deal breaker for me

[@prettygurlbounce90]

Fab's Creations exactly

[@janthony444]

Might want to rethink the extra cheese on the pizza for dinner when staying here

[@jamesmurphy9105]

Need more bathrooms

[@redbison6417]

And only one basketball hoop in the bedroom, I mean what if more than one person wants to practise their shot at 3am?

[@Nkoah]

'...people are getting moved out because prices are rising.' Charges $1,000 a month for a bed with a television

[@lb8853]

Nkoah The sad thing $1000 is cheap for LA.

[@bryan8841]

L B I live in LA and have a basic apartment 3 bedrooms 1.5 bathroom a living room kitchen (I live upstairs so I have a patio not backyard) and I pay 1,000 so she’s basically ripping them off

[@michaely8980]

Just like the county jail. Only 100x the price. Nice

[@mr.cifuentes1779]

Sulfuric Acid shes a comunist what you expect, she shares toothbrushes

[@edengarcia9115]

This high key reminds me of residential at a mental hospital with the bathroom is the names on your bed and having little to no privacy so you won't " do bad things" But even then they limit the room to 2 people each and give you more privacy then here

[@CaeruleanWren]

They should line the walls with the pods, and have a single pod in the center for whoever runs the place to sit. They can call it a panoptipod.

[@chichib1093]

I don't know why but this gives me a very weird vibe, like watching a cult or secluded group.

[@JennyBaty1]

Chioma Ejimofo yes Heaven's Gate was first thought I had.

[@davos86]

Chioma Ejimofo I'm glad it's not just me. Eww

[@noahjaybee]

Have you never been to sleepaway camp (or at least seen movies)? This is basically adult camp housing. Very similar to a hostel but a bit more solidly built. You sacrifice privacy and gain socialization. You pay to stay like any hotel or even AirBNB. There's nothing particularly strange about this concept.

[@JennyBaty1]

Well kum ba yah to you! 😸 (mean that in a nice way)

[@marniesweet6010]

it is hay. this chick thinks shes starting something new its a co share environment for rich hipsters.

[@glennwatson3313]

Yeah I don't see any problem with this, except everything about it.

[@krewetkaaaa]

dormitory style? Even in poor dormitories I saw 3-4 people in one room max how can you sleep comfortably in a room of 10-20 people - when each person got to sleep and wakes up at different time ..gets back from party, go to work early, go to toilet at night etc

[@supercooled]

That guy getting the tour in the beginning was lights out a few cuts later. Must've been travelling for days... lol.

[@BritishPolak_303]

We have this already in England... It's called a homeless shelter.

[@BritishPolak_303]

@Lucky Joestar haha too true

[@originallilmisstex]

😂😂😂

[@betterbee8488]

🤣 ok now THAT is my fav comment 😂

[@NunYa953]

😂

[@jeanrenetournecuillert2449]

I think people are not paying 50$ for the bunk bed but mainly for social experience that come with it, we live in lonely world and we're a social species, an homeless shelter would be creepy. People come here to find roommate are you going to find a roommate. In a homeless shelter.

[@Skilliard]

"You have 6 eyeballs on you, and that's how the community policies itself" You underestimate some people

[@kingsgambit2519]

fuck they gonna do if i whip my dick and start playing the skin flute? call the community

[@RiffRaffMama.]

My thought to that was "actually, six people = twelve eyes..."

[@stanleysalvatore6476]

@@kingsgambit2519 hahaha !!!

[@ramiroperez7180]

T W 😂😂

[@Stolas1777]

I prefer to rent a pod once a week or so and vigorously masturbate the audience makes it so much more fulfilling

[@doughuffman5790]

What if one of your roomies has bedbugs or scabies or projectile vomiting?

[@litaraduodox5799]

ways to improve this -have built in doors and shelves inside of the pods, everyone can then store their clothes and belongings outside of their luggage. -a curtain, seriously, wth are you doing forcing people to be social? -a very small mini fridge built in the wall, at least 1 per 2 pods. those 10 dollar ones that fit a couple of cans. yes, it makes it more expensive for the owner: but hey. this is what a person's HOME is, which is what you should be aiming for. -a couple of washer/dryer units. -at least 5 showers/five toilets. -small personal notetaking/decorating area. could be a white/blackboard, or a bunch of small, colorful papers and hooks for pictures/notes/art

[@janedoe1776]

Ways to improve this Have it not exist

[@FilipMattson]

When you're about to have a nap and a band starts playing

[@tater4442]

Filip Mattson i don't trust people, what if one of them start feeling you up at night 😕😕😕😕

[@Elfnetdesigns]

Or when your out running errands and someone back at the pod place steals all your shit and checks out.

[@tater4442]

ElfNet Gaming 😂😂😂😂, I would be pissed but I would be mad at no one but myself

[@tater4442]

Jose Ventura xD

[@tazza_avery123hh5]

Filip Mattson 🖕🏼

[@jtymusic100]

This is not affordable. I paid 1,500 for a 2 bedroom apartment in Culver City. This is practically living in a jail

[@OdinSweetie]

well stated

[@JennyP17]

jtymusic100 and culver city is a beautiful, clean and quite area to live.

[@jtymusic100]

Jenny P Yes it was.

[@alyccaeve]

The price includes utilities, snacks, some toiletries, free towels and basic furnishings. And if you aint happy with the neighborhood you can just leave with your luggage. No commitments. Pretty much good for people who are on the go.

[@fonziVazquez]

I wonder how this is working during lockdown. hehe.

[@uniqueanartist6792]

ElectricPants like crap. Check out the reviews, it’s a nightmare staying there.

[@Boudica1313]

They’re already violating all kinds of laws and codes to exist, so I imagine it’s no different than it was before the lock-down. Except now everyone has Covid.

[@keluvnme]

Even she is surprised that no one has fought over “shower or bathroom time”

[@beggin4thebeat353]

Wow...like wow. People actually paid 1500 a month for this? I had roommates that stole food from me, so I can’t imagine having a honor system when I live with complete strangers with no privacy. Only in LA will they charge u to be temporarily homeless.

[@goalie2998]

Beggin4theBEAT imagine the roofies im your peanut butter trick? !

[@ThePirateWife1]

Beggin4theBEAT She’s not even from the U.S. The problem is that people come HERE, with their idiotic “tiny living” mentalities, and everyone says “oh, it’s L.A...”; most L.A. NATIVES don’t like these stupid ideas!

[@DarrylBass]

Beggin4theBEAT how does a person 'steal food'??? It's food, people should eat it

[@unenthusiastic8714]

Darryl Bass don't be dumb. If something isn't yours and you take it, then its stealing. So if someone takes food that they did not pay for or was not intended for them, they stole. I feel like you either purposely misunderstood or youre the type of person that takes peoples shit.

[@Katt1n]

unenthusiastic Probably a Sanders supporter...

[@m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m_m]

Video is almost 3 years old and I thought "no way this is still happening. People aren't THAT stupid". Went checking, they now have 6 locations. One where prices START at 70$ per night. I stand corrected.

[@pamelaaverrett5848]

Thanks for the follow up! I was about to look this up

[@perry6913]

Per night? That’s wild .... that’s 2,170 a month, you can definitely afford an apartment spending that much

[@thenomadpath8904]

@@perry6913 right or even a private Airbnb room. It's wild ppl would even consider this with that pricetag alone.

[@bettysbaby59]

Seriously? This is supposed to be cheaper. That’s ridiculous

[@dommygichu5645]

70 a night? Really...Wow that's crazy

[@Balo657]

You could buy a tent and live on the streets and have more privacy than this place.