> 4. There appears to be value-added services in the common area, a cafe, a juice bar, etc, but I hardly see it used.
Value added? Maybe, I guess. It's really just another way to drain more money from the tenants in the name of convenience. Dorm room too small for a coffee maker? Just pay $4 per cup in our handy cafe.
I wonder where the threshold is for people who would live in a situation like this. Is living in SF such a necessity? If you're consumed most of the day with your startup to begin with, how much of the city's culture are you really going to take in? Especially if you're in one of these dorms, where they drop a cafe and juice bar right in the building "so you never have to leave!"
Value added? Maybe, I guess. It's really just another way to drain more money from the tenants in the name of convenience. Dorm room too small for a coffee maker? Just pay $4 per cup in our handy cafe.
I wonder where the threshold is for people who would live in a situation like this. Is living in SF such a necessity? If you're consumed most of the day with your startup to begin with, how much of the city's culture are you really going to take in? Especially if you're in one of these dorms, where they drop a cafe and juice bar right in the building "so you never have to leave!"