Apartment Sadness: Wash Your Dishes In the Bathroom Sink

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/08/08/apartment-sadness-wash-your-dishes-in-the-bathroom-sink/It did not take long to land on this "student room" for rent in the Portola neighborhood, where for $1200 a month you get a small room, bathroom, private entrance, and a non-kitchen. It's no toilet-under-the-loft-bed ridiculousness like we saw last week, but this week's Apartment Sadness dishonoree is a pseudo-studio for rent in the Portola neighborhood, advertised on Craigslist as "perfect for a student," which is Craigslist-speak for "kind of sad choice for anyone but a poor student." The details in the list of amenities include the private entrance via the backyard, private full bath, storage area, and "counter space" with a fridge and microwave. So, yes, no sink