[syntheweave]

Library environments are often better workspaces, especially study carrels at university libraries. (Stick to public universities if you don't want to be kicked out.) Cafes have more of a bustle to them that isn't good for extended "deep work" sessions.

But this article happened back in 2009, too. I remember it. I may have been part of the problem. It's a signal of an economy that is displacing and reallocating workspaces.

[gumballindie]

I am very much pro remote work - but tax payers and businesses shouldnt subsidise you. A public library or a coffee shop are not your office. Rent one, work from home, or go back to an on site job. I really dont get this entitlement - if someone came to my coffee shop, if owned one, and stood there all day working, i’d kick them out and ban them.

[jon-wood]

Ok, coffee shop I get in some cases. Libraries though? What harm is someone doing by sitting at one of many empty seats in a library and doing quiet work?

[nicbou]

As someone once said, if someone came up with the concept of public libraries today, it would never fly.

I used a library to work while travelling, to avoid overstaying my welcome in a café. It was fantastic.

I also use them at home, where they enable me to earn money and pay taxes, if that's such a big concern. Most students do, too.

[meiraleal]

That's why you don't own a coffeeshop, it would be a miserably experience for you and for the customers. Lots of recently opened coffeeshop would love to receive those remote workers tho

[gumballindie]

Those that own coffee shops in my network absolutely despise people coming in, sitting for hours on end, spending little money and charging their laptops for free. It may be fun for a while to show there’s demand in your coffee place but after a point it’s simply parasitical.

[jterrys]

It ruins the vibe of a coffee shop as well. Just awkwardly standing around as everyone drones away trying to ignore your unpleasant existence because you just happened to be standing near them waiting to (god forbid) get the coffee that's being prepared for you because there's no available seats.