Silicon Valley Thinks It Invented Roommates. They Call It 'Co-living' (theguardian.com)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Have you heard of this cool new trend called co-living? It's a bit like co-working, except instead of sharing an office with a bunch of randoms you share a home with a bunch of randoms. Oh, you might be thinking, is it like ye olde concept of "roommates"? Why, yes. Yes it is. As a viral tweet pointed out earlier this week, "co-living", which has inspired a spate of trend-pieces in recent months, is actually "called *roommates* ... you invented ***roommates***." Now, to be fair, co-living isn't just living with a bunch of roommates. No, it's rich millennials living with a bunch of roommates in a fancy building in a recently gentrified part of town. The co-living space is also full of cool amenities like yoga classes and micro-brew coffee bars, meaning you can minimise unnecessary interactions with the outside world. In startup speak, this is what is called "community." The Collective, for example, a co-working space in London, describes co-living as "a way of living focused on a genuine sense of community, using shared spaces and facilities to create a more convenient and fulfilling lifestyle."

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Re:Nursing homes for millennials...

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Welcome to the future, we've renamed everything to make it better.

Nope they didn't just rename it, they did something. First, it was co-located spaces in the office to save money, then it was co-located spaces where multiple companies can share the cost of office space now it's co-living spaces where the employees pay all the cost of the office space AND receive a lower salary and benefits because you know, it's nerdy and cool to be in the exclusive club of Silicon Valley douche bags. This is one reason among many I will NEVER live in California. Another big one is CARB gas cans, you know that don't actually work and break after 2-3 uses so you can supposedly save the planet from gasoline fumes going into the atmosphere. California is a bunch of elitist, spoiled, entitled, greedy idiots.