Dorm Living for Professionals Comes to San Francisco
Starcity’s target demographic makes $40,000 to $90,000 a year…Ms. Shiver, who makes about $85,000 a year, knew she could never afford a house here but moved anyway…Because of arcane permitting rules and neighborhood associations that push against new developments, building new housing in San Francisco is painfully slow. But workers keep flooding the city, so roommates jam tighter into existing housing, already sharing bathrooms and renting living rooms as bedrooms.