[hindsightbias]

As long as you want to live in an open office plan and share bathrooms. Modern buildings are optimized one way, redoing plumbing and all is possible but will be very expensive and still result in a $1000 sqft.

Why even bother if everyone wants to move away?

[digitaltrees]

People repurposed New York factories and lofts in earlier eras to some of the coolest living spaces we have. Don’t under estimate creative people’s adaptation of infrastructure.