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I get quite a dystopian feeling from the new future this thread envisions. "Decentralization of living". My mind goes large companies like AirBnB buying up apar
by mcntsh 5y ago
I get quite a dystopian feeling from the new future this thread envisions. "Decentralization of living". My mind goes large companies like AirBnB buying up apartments en mass and individuals jumping from one temporary apartment to the next; never calling anywhere "home".
- accountofme 5y agoI mean that was close to what WeWork was doing.. There was also that real estate start up that lost half a billion in an up market. So yeah I would say you are right on the money.
- schwartzworld 5y agoIsn't this already common for young people in cities? I used to change apartments every year on average.
- mcntsh 5y agoNot really. I'm picturing short term, furnished apartments that you swap every week or two (like an AirBnb). This lifestyle is already popular among the younger generation; low stress, no ties, freedom to travel and explore. It's great until you want to settle down and have security but at the point where big companies own everything that won't be possible. It's sort of in line with this "Great Reset" conspiracy: "You will own nothing and you will be happy".