I lived in a building thay was mixed residential/office space in Buenos Aires. It was really good, during the week you saw movement in and out so it felt alive, ar night and weekends was pretty empty and calm, and you could throw parties without bothering the neighbors.

[–] authed@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lets defy the government and do it either way

[–] peter@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

I worked in an office once that was large enough thst you could absolutely live in it without being caught

[–] morningrise@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just live at work! I can see the LateStageCapitalism posts writing themselves

[–] taanegl 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

"This is little Sally. She's getting ready to leave for school, but first she needs to put on her blinders and ear plugs so she doesn't see or hear what the marketing boys are up to on her way to the elevator. Keep your eyes on the prize, Sally! And remember, what you hear at the water cooler stays at the water cooler... you don't want an enforcer/landlord to intervene... that might hurt mommy's due date cost, and then there will only be a lump of coal in Sally's stocking. It's therefore also important to remember: report communists and anarchists."

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see no way this could go horribly wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_town

[–] PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

Mixed use buildings for actually quite common in much of the world and can work quite well. See what you do though is you put them on the market for anybody to rent, and not force people to live in your company housing.

If you go into any major city you're going to run into mixed use buildings.

[–] creation7758@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I think if companies are interested in cutting commute times, they'd normalize work from home. Doesn't seem to be the case sadly