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1. codedokode · 1790527249 · focus · HN ↗

   So $80 is considered a "cheap room"? How is a person supposed to earn $80 a day to pay for it and have something left?

   Also, cells can have scales? Amazing.

   1. onlyrealcuzzo · 1790527619 · focus · HN ↗

      It takes ~30 minutes to turn around a nightly hotel room, front desk check-in and other labor can easily make that >1h of labor per room per day.

      Even in the budget industry, your nightly utility usage comes close to $10, consumables are $3+.

      Hotel stays are typically taxed higher than typical sales tax.

      Once you add that in, real estate taxes, and any corporate taxes - you're getting close to the $50 price point...

      That's before you factor in the cost of maintaining the building, or the financing to buy the building itself (or any profit).

      Are we supposed to live in a world where everyone's entitled to be able to stay in hotel rooms for 1 hour of minimum wage labor? Because, until we have far more automation, I don't see how that makes any possible sense.

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