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The prices are affordable. Pods in Hollywood are $50 a night but in downtown LA,they are $35 a night, $225 a week and $900 a month.
At the heart of it all is community. \u201cAt check-in, we say, \u2018you get your own pod, but we share everything else,\u2019\u201d said Beck.
\u201cSharing an open space with strangers who have their name written beside their sleeping quarters, and who cook different foods, leave different toiletry products in the shower, and play different music on the PA system, is the reason we travel,\u201c Beck said.
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\u201cWe always invite participation,\u201d she said. \u201cWe build the pods surrounding a common area, never a corner or boxing anyone out. If community was a shape, it would be a circle.\u201d
Could pod life be the future of living in cities with skyrocketing rents? It might not be for everyone, but it has proved one thing.
\u201cThere is a market for affordable, flexible, multi-location, co-living in an urban city,\u201d said Beck.
There is a pre-screening process before one sleeps at PodShare. There is also a post-profiling process, which includes their profile page, which includes a personalized review of every visitor.
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Affordable and set in central locations, some of the obvious limitations, especially for long-term guests, include the lack of privacy. There are also rules that include \u201cNo PodSex,\u201d which can be a challenge for their queen-sized pods, which are a great money-saver for couples.
\u201cWe built the pods facing each other so the community polices itself,\u201d said Beck.
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It\u2019s not like sex is important or anything. Haha. Wow.
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