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As a single guy and a software engineer, I would pay full price for a pod housing if the area is safe convenient. I'd rent a co-working desk nearby and save a t

• caddemon 5y ago
  Yeah I'm past this point in my life but there was nearly a decade post-college where I would have really enjoyed continuing to live in dorm-style housing with other people at a similar stage of life. Saving money on top of it would've made that a no brainer. It's a bit tangential to the discussion on SROs to address homelessness, but I wish that SROs were a more acceptable housing style for a variety of use cases.
  • a_t48 5y ago
    My girlfriend lives in a household with 11 people in it by choice. It's not for me but I get the attraction.
• gutitout 5y ago
  Saddens me that the top earners in our world have to dream of affordable housing so they can save a bit of money. Probably not enough to buy a house in that same area. Sigh.
  • refurb 5y ago
    Why is that sad that he doesn't want to spend money on housing he doesn't want?
    • Lamad123 5y ago
      It's sad because: how about average-earners? How about earners and non-earners?
      • refurb 5y ago
        But it's not because he can't afford it, it because he doesn't want to spend the money.
  • ipaddr 5y ago
    He is in one of the most expensive places that pays below market pay. When money fled Hong Kong a lot of it moved to Vancouver.
  • dangStupid 5y ago
• Lamad123 5y ago
  Montreal is kinda OK so far! Well until the Hongkongolese notice it if they haven't already!!