I wonder what would happen if this form of housing became more popular. Maybe soon we'll be reading accounts about two office-overnighters who inevitably found about one another.
A capsule 2.2m high by 2.2m wide by 5.2m long will fit one to a 20' standard container, two to a 40' standard container, and three to a 53' road trailer. This is important to remember if you intend to build where manufacturing is cheap and transport to where land and rent is expensive.
The name is misleading, they're just very small apartments with a design carefully chosen to minimize regulatory constraints & tax burden. They go for about $600 a month.
Cursory look on Craigslist showed a bunch of apartments for less than $900 in Queen Anne area, with ~$600 around Freemont. Not sure I see the need for "pods".
Well, huge factories of 19th / early 20th century did build living quarters for their workers near to the factory's premises. I think only the draconian zoning and building codes of California prevent Facebook or Google to do the same near their own offices.
>I wonder what would happen if this form of housing became more popular.
Simple. Due to liability/insurance/fire-safety concerns, it would be cracked down upon. Where not cracked down upon, it would develop into a shady black market.
That sounds like it could be the basis of a rom-com screenplay.