"At the turn of the century, San Francisco was known as 'hotel city' because 'vast numbers' lived in hotels and ate only in restaurants." https://www.citylab.com/equity/2018/02/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-american-sro/553946/ …https://twitter.com/BoomCalifornia/status/970570652007636992 …
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funny how coverage of these old basic/shared-housing practices reviving in rebranded guise keeps summoning up the same classist cultural disdain from our oh-so-enlightened writers & commentators. Like NYT pearl-clutching about "adult dorms" etc
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Yea living in SF = huge prole tell
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When I came to SF in 1998 I spent my first year at a long-term residence hotel near Van Ness. There's still a number of them around and it was actually a great way to find your footing in the city.
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For decades, the Barbizon Hotel in Manhattan was the place where “respectable” young women (incl some of my college classmates) lived while starting careers in NYC. It was safe, affordable and a great place to meet new friends in an unfamiliar city.
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During the late 1990's, a number of people used Priceline's subsidized bidding to live in SF hotels for a net cost of +/- $25 night. You had to pack up and move every so often but better than other options at the time.
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The dramatic change to SROs came when they were converted to subsidized homeless supportive housing under the 'master lease' concept in 1999 with Mayor Willie Brown, HSA head Trent Rhorer, and Randy Shaw. The first SRO to convert was the Seneca in 1999https://twitter.com/auweia1/status/1116698040973180931 …
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