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by corobo 2984 days ago
Three grand a month for a cage! You can almost rent six 3 bedroom semi-detached houses for that where I am! (~150 miles north of London). Sublet or rent with others if you need the company

Don't embrace the cage, embrace remote working
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Peroni 2984 days ago
I live just outside of London. A 30min direct train to most of the major London stations. I have a three bed detached house with a few acres of land and I'm paying a fraction of what they are charging for a glorified bedsit.
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corobo 2984 days ago
Yeah I'd imagine it's similar in many places outside of London really, I just gave the 150 miles north for context

Crazy the amount people are paying.. earning too. I think the earning shock for me is having it in my head small housing is for students and entry level jobs though

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antihero 2984 days ago
£2,200 for a 4 bed semi detached in SE19 (Crystal Palace) which has Overground and National Rail https://www.openrent.co.uk/property-to-rent/london/4-bed-sem...

The area has loads of bars and pubs and restaurants and shops and a beautiful park and is green and friendly and it's piss easy to get up to central.

The people in this article are doing it wrong.

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williamdclt 2984 days ago
A lot of people (me included) hate remote working
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corobo 2984 days ago
Enough to live in one of these co-cupboards though?
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dbbk 2984 days ago
It's not necessary to live here. No one has to live here. As has been discussed there are far better options in central London with more space for the same price.
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corobo 2984 days ago
Well I was responding with a context of my comment "work remotely over living in these boxes" and had the response "I don't like working remotely"

Other comment chains (that didn't exist in the comments at the time I posted my comment!) have indeed pointed out there are other options that keep you in the London area

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pjc50 2984 days ago
Where's the HN-preferred route to finding good remote jobs?
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corobo 2984 days ago
Sorry remote comes up so frequently on HN I wouldn't know where to start as a comment

There was a recent discussion here on where to find a remote job https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16875868

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