> I guess Google could build apartments too but that's not ideal, I don't want to live at work. The cool thing about Google building housing is, it benefits yo

> I guess Google could build apartments too but that's not ideal, I don't want to live at work. The cool thing about Google building housing is, it benefits you even if you don't want to live at work. Plenty of people (myself likely included) would enjoy living close to work in a lively apartment building surrounded by like-minded people. But if you're not one of them, you still win, by virtue of not having to compete with these people for housing elsewhere.