CoLiving & Shared Housing Isn’t Just for Urban Millennial Bros

“Luke opened the shared fridge and, since it was after 4pm, chugged his Kombucha/Soylent Keto shake. ‘I go no-solids after 3pm’ he said, something the rugged 23 year old couldn’t have imagined thinking just six months ago, before joining this shared residential collective in SF’s SOMA. ‘I pay $650 a month for a closet but the real value is being among this crew, we’ve even nicknamed ourselves the ‘Code & Hodl Crew.’ Luke flashed a goofy gang sign, where his fingers kinda made the shape of a B-T-C, the abbreviation for bitcoin.”

THAT’S the way most stories about coliving sound today and whether or not such prose accurately represents the current state of the market, it certainly won’t be the future. My belief is that we’re going to continue seeing movement towards various coliving/shared housing arrangements, among a broad swarth of socioeconomic, demographic and geographic cohorts.

[Plug: if you’re working on ideas here — especially those not aimed at urban white young men in the tech industry — I’m interested in talking with you about early funding — hunter at homebrew.co]

Here’s a few disparate reasons why I’m a believer in the trend:

Community and Care — People are living longer lives and want to age in place, with community and care brought to them versus the…