Revisiting the modern Boarding House

[walkitout]

A friend reminded me of Apodments, and that resulted in me looking around for what’s going on with All That. The context was Bellingham, and corporate complexes renting individual rooms in a quad setup with a shared kitchen (I have no idea what the bathroom arrangement is).

Oh, look here’s an example! https://statesidebellingham.com/?switch_cls%5Bid%5D=98512

You can get a normal studio to yourself with bath and kitchen, shoebox style. Or you can get 1 of 4 or 5 bedrooms and share a kitchen and 2 bathrooms.

Over the years, variations on this theme have been developed.

Starcity in SF (which I blogged about years ago) has been bought by Common (blogged about in the same post): https://www.sfchronicle.com/local/article/S-F-coliving-startup-Starcity-sold-to-N-Y-firm-16234053.php (that was back in 2021 — I don’t know where things are at currently).

My earlier post about Starcity, Common and Nook: https://walkitout.dreamwidth.org/1599659.html.

The Nook on Valdez appears to still exist:

https://www.nookonvaldez.com/

Comments

[ethelmay]

My son lived in an older student apartment that had a living room, deck, kitchen, and two bedrooms (which were JUST BARELY big enough to fit two people into - he had three roommates and I think there were bunk beds). One bathroom I think. The common areas were nice, but I am betting the ventilation in the bedrooms was not great.

The stateside appears luxurious compared to what you describe!

[walkitout]

and yeah, ventilation seems important.