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Three millennials buy abandoned high school, convert it into 31-unit housing (www.goodgoodgood.co)

submitted 1 week ago by M0oP0o@mander.xyz to c/aboringdystopia@lemmy.world

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The project is maybe not the worst idea, the $1400 rent a month though....

Oh and this was not the first plan:

“We were thinking of turning it into a WeWork space, a concert hall, a beer garden. We had no shortage of ideas on what to do with the space,”

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[–] givesomefucks@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Your article says they had trees growing inside the building...

And that they worked with a parks department to maintain the original look.

So ironically, them trying to maintain the history is why you think they're overcharging.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 0 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

They wanted to make it a "we work" at first, its not the overcharging that is the issue. The issue (at least for me) is turning every thing into a business venture. This was once a public building for teaching kids and was bought on the cheap to turn into another trendy revenue source.

[–] lowEndLitt@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I wanted to disagree with you at first, because I love the idea of repurposing old structures instead of building yet another soulless, "modern" apartment building, but yeah, they're clearly doing this with the intent of turning a profit when it could have been another example of non-market housing, where the cost of rent simply covers the cost of building maintenance and actually helps to stabilize rent costs in an area.

TL;DR: Once again, a cool thing is made less cool by the profit motive.

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Maybe that is why I got a "dystopia" feel from this more then anything, its almost a cool thing. I would be I think much more willing to go along with this if it was not put up as a "feel good" story that to me has very little good. I get more "we work" style hipster scam then a long term usable housing solution.

[–] sittinonatoilet@sopuli.xyz -1 points 1 week ago

Lol what a comment