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So now to work from home I’m a dense urban environment I have to find a coworking space? That sounds a lot like an office, only one with random people and no pl

So now to work from home I’m a dense urban environment I have to find a coworking space? That sounds a lot like an office, only one with random people and no place to safely leave my laptop when I take a piss? Seriously, why would anybody live in a tiny downtown flat if they either work from home or have to find a half-assed “office that isn’t an office but isn’t at my cramped alartmen? It makes no sense.. WFH requires a big house with a comfortable private office. The amount of people willing to live in a sense urban environment and somehow manage to work outside a formal office is incredibly small. WFH is a suburban developers wet dream.

Larrikin 4y ago
WFH does not need an executive level suite. That is just your preference. I'm currently staying with a friend for a month in a 1k (1 room plus a kitchen) apartment in Tokyo and it's been surprisingly easy to adjust to a smaller desk and one extra monitor from my WFH setup stateside with three on a much bigger desk. If I was permanently living here I'd opt for a simple 2k or higher like I used to have which was easily affordable as a couple on mediocre salaries and definitely affordable on a dev salary. Probably could get a nicer place than I used to have and recreate my US based setup. My friends location has dozens of restaurants of basically every type, even more bars, multiple grocery stores, and various other services I won't need for a visit but would use in daily life like dentists and gyms. That's also ignoring the ten minute walk to multiple train lines to the whole of Tokyo that gives me access to nearly anything you'd ever want to do in a city. A smaller space is definitely a worthwhile trade-off millions of people elected to live and work in. I'd say it's a very easy choice when the city is built around people with things to do within walking distance and good public transportation, instead of planning for cars and Lyft transportation. Ignoring NIMBYs and allowing large amounts of housing to be built also keeps rents from becoming the silliness that they became in SF. If you go the opposite way in Tokyo and elect for a smaller place (perhaps because you work at a restaurant and don't WFH and are fine using the various amenities Tokyo offers outside your home) it's possible to live in basically the various hearts of Tokyo on a solidly middle of the road salary. The smaller space only becomes an issue when people have kids and start a family, when some percentage moves to the suburbs. However, not everyone because rents in a bigger place are expensive, but once again not insane. But you were complaining about WFH not being luxurious enough outside of a detached home. American cities could reinvent themselves after the mass exodus of people leaving down town offices. I don't think most will, but it's definitely possible with the right planning

Larrikin 4y ago

WFH does not need an executive level suite. That is just your preference. I'm currently staying with a friend for a month in a 1k (1 room plus a kitchen) apartment in Tokyo and it's been surprisingly easy to adjust to a smaller desk and one extra monitor from my WFH setup stateside with three on a much bigger desk. If I was permanently living here I'd opt for a simple 2k or higher like I used to have which was easily affordable as a couple on mediocre salaries and definitely affordable on a dev salary. Probably could get a nicer place than I used to have and recreate my US based setup. My friends location has dozens of restaurants of basically every type, even more bars, multiple grocery stores, and various other services I won't need for a visit but would use in daily life like dentists and gyms. That's also ignoring the ten minute walk to multiple train lines to the whole of Tokyo that gives me access to nearly anything you'd ever want to do in a city. A smaller space is definitely a worthwhile trade-off millions of people elected to live and work in. I'd say it's a very easy choice when the city is built around people with things to do within walking distance and good public transportation, instead of planning for cars and Lyft transportation. Ignoring NIMBYs and allowing large amounts of housing to be built also keeps rents from becoming the silliness that they became in SF. If you go the opposite way in Tokyo and elect for a smaller place (perhaps because you work at a restaurant and don't WFH and are fine using the various amenities Tokyo offers outside your home) it's possible to live in basically the various hearts of Tokyo on a solidly middle of the road salary. The smaller space only becomes an issue when people have kids and start a family, when some percentage moves to the suburbs. However, not everyone because rents in a bigger place are expensive, but once again not insane. But you were complaining about WFH not being luxurious enough outside of a detached home. American cities could reinvent themselves after the mass exodus of people leaving down town offices. I don't think most will, but it's definitely possible with the right planning