[ClearCase_guy]

I see a lot of corporate real estate near me that is just empty.

At the same time, I am aware of a lot of people more or less “living in their parents’ basement” because rents are high.

Seems like an obvious solution: convert abandoned cubicle farms into cheap housing.

Here in New England, we used to have very large brick textile mills. They ended up abandoned as the work moved to cheaper areas. Then people converted the old mills into loft apartments and luxury condos.

I think they should re-visit that sort of thing, but skip the “luxury” aspect — just give people a place to live. Where I am, most of the homes cost about a million, and this is why young people live in their parents’ basement.

[9YearLurker]

Cubical bunks in our future?

[Brian Griffin]

They could be converted to Hotel F1 type (baths & toilets down the hall) places fairly cheaply.