I do think that you want to seek out low-rent areas, but if you're setting up shop way out in the sticks then you're simply too far away from people. Doesn't he

I do think that you want to seek out low-rent areas, but if you're setting up shop way out in the sticks then you're simply too far away from people. Doesn't help that in those areas people will have huge houses anyways so will be less in need of a separate workspace, so to speak. Though really you need a good-sized community, and for rent to not absolutely destroy a place. There is a local bar in my area, its customer base is (roughly) the same 50 people that cycle through it on a regular basis. It's a small enough place, and it's run by 2.5 people. But rent can be cheap cuz it's on the first floor of a multi-floor building. The fact that Hacker Lab is next to a tramway line, and there are not even any 3-story buildings anywhere within view in that area, and yet rent is probably a component (though tbf staffing is also a large cost I bet) probably makes this issue even more acute.