I found it odd while reading the article talking about the destruction and loss of SROs when I thought we just call them studio apartments now. Although some SROs described would be even smaller as things like kitchenettes and bathrooms would be shared spaces.
affnn on
This is a really good overview of SROs and how they served an important market segment before being banned, but I struggle to imagine how they’d make a comeback. Maybe if the commercial-conversion plans work, but even that seems like a stretch.
I can’t help but wonder what the hell all of the mayors and city leaders *thought* would happen when they banned SROs though. The people living in them just disappear? Magically come up with enough money to make rent in a regular apartment? What exactly was their model?
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This piece SRO Pilled me. I even have a room in this new house I bought that can easily be it’s own SRO attached to the bigger house
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I found it odd while reading the article talking about the destruction and loss of SROs when I thought we just call them studio apartments now. Although some SROs described would be even smaller as things like kitchenettes and bathrooms would be shared spaces.
This is a really good overview of SROs and how they served an important market segment before being banned, but I struggle to imagine how they’d make a comeback. Maybe if the commercial-conversion plans work, but even that seems like a stretch.
I can’t help but wonder what the hell all of the mayors and city leaders *thought* would happen when they banned SROs though. The people living in them just disappear? Magically come up with enough money to make rent in a regular apartment? What exactly was their model?
This piece SRO Pilled me. I even have a room in this new house I bought that can easily be it’s own SRO attached to the bigger house