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As a single guy and a software engineer, I would pay full price for a pod housing if the area is safe convenient. I'd rent a co-working desk nearby and save a ton of money.

These types of housing just aren't available in Vancouver (or NA in general), but I can totally see a market for it.

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Yeah I'm past this point in my life but there was nearly a decade post-college where I would have really enjoyed continuing to live in dorm-style housing with other people at a similar stage of life. Saving money on top of it would've made that a no brainer. It's a bit tangential to the discussion on SROs to address homelessness, but I wish that SROs were a more acceptable housing style for a variety of use cases.

My girlfriend lives in a household with 11 people in it by choice. It's not for me but I get the attraction.

Montreal is kinda OK so far! Well until the Hongkongolese notice it if they haven't already!!

Saddens me that the top earners in our world have to dream of affordable housing so they can save a bit of money. Probably not enough to buy a house in that same area. Sigh.

He is in one of the most expensive places that pays below market pay. When money fled Hong Kong a lot of it moved to Vancouver.

Why is that sad that he doesn't want to spend money on housing he doesn't want?

It's sad because: how about average-earners? How about earners and non-earners?

But it's not because he can't afford it, it because he doesn't want to spend the money.

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