[HN Gopher] At the Webster Apartments
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       At the Webster Apartments
        
       Author : solvent
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2024-06-01 19:23 UTC (3 days ago)
        
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       | ta1243 wrote:
       | It's interesting that the view was "you've got 5 years to find
       | yourself a husband". I suspect the entire concept was insanely
       | progressive at the time -- a girl who moves away from her father
       | and lives independently?!
        
       | SoftTalker wrote:
       | I guess there must be different rules for "boarding houses" as
       | normally you'd have all kinds of trouble if you restricted
       | housing based on age, marital status, and gender.
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       | It's possibly a contributing factor to the housing crisis that
       | very few places like this still exist. It seems to be a more
       | affordable way to live than to have to rent a fully isolated
       | studio or 1-bedroom apartment as a single person and have to shop
       | for food and prepare meals.
        
         | chgs wrote:
         | The key here is its non profit. That's the limitation - due to
         | the cost of land there's no way you can commercially offer the
         | service because prices increase to capture all the wages due to
         | the lack of housing.
        
         | neaden wrote:
         | Chicago still has a Men's Hotel similar to this,
         | https://newrepublic.com/article/161808/ewing-annex-hotel-hou...
         | though I think it is more focused on transient laborers and
         | semi-homeless men then young people just starting out their
         | professional life.
        
           | SoftTalker wrote:
           | Looks much seedier than the Webster. I agree they are not
           | catering to the same type of resident, gender
           | notwithstanding. The Ewing seems to be a last resort for
           | someone to not be homeless.
        
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