> He rents a bed in a large room with other people who rent beds, for nights, weeks or months at a time, through a service called PodShare
Cynically, this sounds like we've found a way to reinvent the packed tenements of the industrial revolution
Cynically, this sounds like we've found a way to reinvent the packed tenements of the industrial revolution
The reason I don't currently live at PodShare, like the subject in that article, is that I remembered seeing the monthly fee being well over $1000, at which point it makes no sense over simply renting a room in someone's house.
Cynically in the context of the articles' semi-upbeat note about affluence, minimalism, and personal decision to own experiences rather than stuff.
I don't necessarily disagree that we need more tenements, except that I would have to carefully qualify what kind of tenements we're talking about. The industrial revolution held some horrifyingly poor standards of living that I wouldn't wish on my enemies.