We are living in a hotel in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Me and my girlfriend’s brother, whom I will habitually call K. for the sake of privacy protection, rent a room that costs about $400 a month per person, which is about as cheap as you can get in San Francisco. We both are very happy with it. The location is great: it’s close to downtown and everything we need can be found in a couple of block. Stories, banks, library, police station and even the City Lights bookstore – everything is within walking distance.