[candu]

I was just going to say the same - and $18 / day * 21-ish working days per month is...$400 / month.

Hey, that's roughly what a coworking office space costs! Except sitting in a parking spot, you don't get free wifi, coffee / tea, bathrooms, networking events, shelter from the elements, facilities security / maintenance...

So: I'm not sure how coworking fits into the larger point they're trying to make. Yes, residential rent is insane in San Francisco - no argument there. Yes, parking spaces that sit unused throughout most of the day are an unfortunate legacy of car-centric urban design. Both of these are solid and reasonable points to make.

But $400 / month for an office space that comes with a slew of amenities? That seems entirely reasonable to me, and definitely in keeping with permanent desk costs in other, less extravagantly priced cities.

[snarf21]

The best part of co-working spaces is that the cost scales completely linearly without signing multi-year leases and deposits and all the other logistics of having an office.