[dvt]

> Personally I'd prefer living at a shared-workspace or company campus as long as work and living facilities are clearly separate.

May I ask why? I'd prefer living close to my family and friends, many of which may not work for the same company as I work for. I'm trying to see what your motivating factors are because I, for one, could not disagree more.

[kuriho]

A shared-workspace campus for you and your friends would work out then? You can picture it as a shared-workspace town if that is more appealing to you. Living quarters, parks, etc. on one side of the highway. A shared-workspace campus hosting multiple companies/teams on the other. Living and working stays strictly separate, everyone has a short commute and you still have all project members available on-site at the same time to reliably work together and gasp actually meet up when required.

To answer your question, I do not want to bring work into my home. BYOD resolves most of the factors that would make me want to provide my own office at home.

May I ask how you currently manage to live close to your family and friends and (because I have to assume you are surrounded by like-minded individuals) their families and their friends and so on? Frankly, I find this very unrealistic, but maybe that's because my friends and family are spread out across the globe.

[dvt]

> Frankly, I find this very unrealistic, but maybe that's because my friends and family are spread out across the globe.

I make very conscious decisions to work and live close to my family (Southern California). It's not unrealistic at all. In fact, having a solid social support system is by far more important (for mental as well as physical health) than making (slightly more) money in the Bay.

[dasmoth]

BYOD resolves most of the factors that would make me want to provide my own office at home.

If you’re reasonably happy with open-plan offices, that might be true. If you’re not... there seem to be few alternatives nowadays.