One of my friends just moved here and is sharing a 5-bedroom home with 25 other people. I thought he was bullshitting me, and I still couldn't believe it when I went over. He's paying $600 a month to share a bedroom with four other guys. He told me it was the best thing he could find on 1-day notice. He pays for rent online, and he has no idea who the actual owner is, nor who is actually receiving the money.
I thought that kind of living arrangement only happened with undocumented workers (barring SF and NYC, which I've always considered to be ridiculous), who can't easily exercise tenant rights.
Now I really wonder how many of the apartments and homes around me are just completely packed with people who are splitting rooms.
One of my friends just moved here and is sharing a 5-bedroom home with 25 other people. I thought he was bullshitting me, and I still couldn't believe it when I went over. He's paying $600 a month to share a bedroom with four other guys. He told me it was the best thing he could find on 1-day notice. He pays for rent online, and he has no idea who the actual owner is, nor who is actually receiving the money.
I thought that kind of living arrangement only happened with undocumented workers (barring SF and NYC, which I've always considered to be ridiculous), who can't easily exercise tenant rights.
Now I really wonder how many of the apartments and homes around me are just completely packed with people who are splitting rooms.