Capsule living: a 'cheap' option for young people flocking to LA | AFP

Kay Wilson has just moved to Los Angeles, the city of her dreams, and considers herself lucky: the 26-year-old hairdresser has found a place to live at the same price as the studio she used to rent in Pennsylvania. The only problem is that the young woman sleeps inside a pod no bigger than 3 square meters. Her new home is a capsule, inspired by the famous hotels in Japan.

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[andrewtoledo]

Strong “you will own nothing and you will like it” vibes I’m getting from this video

[timjohnson]

"There's nothing for rent...anywhere"

It's almost like there's a whole country out there in Not Los Angeles

[lapraxi]

750$ a month for a cult membership is outrageous

[johnmarksmithmiller]

You WILL live in the pod you WILL eat the bugs

[JohnSmith-qtpv]

The local weed dealer must me making a killing

[mizv]

itd be cheaper to mod a van and youd get more privacy and pay someone 50 bucks a month to be a proxy address

[Nick-zdnk]

Capsule hotels in Tokyo, ( more expensive than New York) are about $25/night and are way more modern, even futuristic compared to what I see here.

[numenoreanmonarchist]

A normal person nightmare is a liberal dream

[TOPOTWO]

How do you lock it up so no one steals your stuff

[ciara-zktg]

It's like a high end homeless shelter

[Nick-zdnk]

My late model van with insurance is about $250/month. Plus I have transportation and privacy.

[geekchic]

Says that there's nowhere to rent in LA. They're acting that Los Angeles is the only place in the US or in the world that you can't find a place to rent/buy. I can't even imagine myself living in a capsule room/hotel for more than a couple of days due to how clustophobic it is and people who have the fear of confined spaces would have a meltdown. My inner introvert would be freaking out.

[Teakela]

The curtain privacy is better than the open pod I saw elsewhere. And these are cheaper.

[NatorGreen]

looks like a military squad bay but with 80% more privacy.

[Stevesguitartraveling]

If people are living in small spaces at high prices even though they’re building new homes all the time with a terrible homeless situation then it’s overpopulated and there aren’t enough homes for everyone

[ThatWashTechKid]

Bro I lowkey want to open one of these, They offer soo much for so little, It’s a cool concept.

[Andorski]

I'm currently renting 2 rooms at my house for $1.8k each, but given the size of the rooms and what I assume are the approximate dimensions of those pods, I think I can increase the income of each room to $4.5k each. Thank you for the idea, this looks like an amazing business venture.

[olivehudson]

I lived here and this girl yelled at me. smh. not cool K, I thought we were friends.

[JenniferGarcia-yjjo]

Wow. And that's for someone making 60k a year....Not including the vast majority of us that make far less, half that.

[radaro.]

American sees cheap hotel in Japan and thinks "we can tripple the cost and charge that for rent and people will lay it!"