Not at this price, though. A symptom of housing and job market dysfunction; do all the high-paying jobs really need to be co-located in the same few cities?

It is a hostel but they use a fancy startup/VC vibe to sound cool.

You can make a reservation online for a single night for $40-$50. So yes it is a hostel. Same caveats as every hostel apply : reduced privacy, snoring, you can end up with indelicate people and you have to watch out for theft.

I went to a hostel that opened recently in France that looked very similar (no TV in the beds but a curtain you can close). In fact they also called the beds 'pods'. The difference is that it only cost 18€ a night.

From the article :

> Although PodShare may seem a lot like a hostel (bunk beds in a shared room, for example), the company prefers to call it co-living.

:)

Hostels are fairly common in major cities in North America. In the US, they usually run for about $50 a night. This place is similar in cost, really, but meant for longer-term residence. US hostels often restrict how long you can stay with them (a few weeks or a month.) I suppose that's to comply with housing laws.

Hostels aren't generally people's housing though they're temporary lodgings while travelling.

They remind me of coffin apartments in Hong Kong albeit with communal areas.