Co-working & co-living, a sustainable business

Very interesting. Thanks for making this @amiridina!

The cheap spaces (like Koh Lanta) are way out of the way, and they still cost USD 700 for a small siingle room. Spaces in the US go from 1,300 to 2,600 USD for a room.

My take is that most or all of these will be commercial ventures catering to digital nomads (i.e. white people working remotely in tech, with American or European salaries, who want a life close to the beach with cheap margaritas. These are toxic for the local economy) and/or startup folks.

Nadia and I tried one in Bali, called ROAM: pleasant, but definitely not a home. Not a real productive unit, either. Basically a hotel with a basic co-working space, for 500 USD a week a room. You can read here:

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