[oluwie]

Beats living on the streets if that’s the only thing you can afford.

Like the article said, there’s fine hotels for some and some truly terrible ones for others. Still beats being homeless. Also, just because something isn’t perfect and has its flaws, doesn’t mean it’s not worthwhile.

[cyberax]

See? Exactly the decay I was talking about.

There are no other options. Like smaller cities with a lower cost of living. The big cities just suck away life from everything.

[parlor7751]

There are no jobs in the small cities, plus they typically try to keep out anyone that doesn't fit their white picket fence ideal.

[rangestransform]

Smaller cities aggressively eject the target demographics of SROs through aggressive zoning and outright buying bus tickets to the nearest large city