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> my big wooden table overlooking the city, nice natural light filtering in, the ability to detach from the screen and pace around to take a break

Nice flex, but not everyone has this kind of setup.

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> my small plastic table, looking out on the blank concrete wall of the building next door, some fading indirect light filtering in, the ability to turn around and take a whole step back before bumping into my cabinet to take a break

Sounds more reasonable for Tokyo and I imagine, HK or Singapore.

Central Tokyo maybe. Tokyo is huge and on the outskirts you can get some nice places with a view. I personally just moved a bit outside of Tokyo to a house on a hill. Often working from the roof and enjoying the sunset.

Aside from that, this post is about to make me buy an Oculus.

Of course I was exaggerating for effect, but it’s certainly possible.

Japan is nowhere as bad as Hong Kong or Singapore space-wise. Hong Kong people have mastered the ability to self-traffic control in the one-person wide aisles of supermarkets, to give you some idea.

We should put our efforts toward making pleasant living and working spaces a reality for everyone, rather than funneling ourselves into non-reality.

A decent size table, natural lighting and room to pace is a flex?

You skipped "overlooking the city".

In post-communist countries in Europe millions of people live in soviet-style tall residential buildings (typically 7-20 stories high), a nice view of the city is not a luxury there (like I guess it is in the US?).

Completely depends on which city.

And his table went from big and wooden to "decent sized"

For some of the jobs I've done over the years, definitely. Gosh I do not miss those.

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