[ExI] Gender-Neutral Side Note

[spike at rainier66.com]

...> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
Subject: Re: [ExI] Gender-Neutral Side Note

On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 11:33 AM spike jones via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> OK so if one is single and ambitious, one is practically living in the 
> office anyway, so why pay all that money for an apartment?  All ya 
> really need at “home” is a bed, a toilet and good high speed internet.  
> Camper vans have the former two

>...They lack the utility hookups for a toilet - or a shower (or some other way to clean one's body), which is also generally necessary...

Of course.  All that is done at the office.  Everywhere I worked had access to a gym, a shower, a locker where business suits could be left.

>...(There are also food concerns - going out to eat or getting delivery for every meal gets expensive quickly - but a camper van can have a minifridge and kitchenette installed...

You can do all that, but most bigger companies around here have 24 hour food services, a cafeteria, or something.

>...Laundromats exist, but that entails routinely being able to access such a service, which can be difficult with no fixed address...

Some local companies figured that out too.  Offering an on-site laundry is easy.

>>... keep one’s business clothing in a locker at the office, shower there,  work out there

>...Many offices lack such amenities, to the point that most workers won't have access to these at the office and must provide them themselves.

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Companies compete for younger workers.  Around here there are many startup companies.  They understand the challenges young people face: this is a crowded area and the price of rent is very high, utility costs are very high.  If the company can supply a gym, a shower, a locker room big enough to hang a few suits, food service, laundry, dry cleaning, a place to dump waste water and refill water tanks, all of which is inexpensive, they can attract single people who will sleep in a ProMaster van or camper, and live in the office.  Then that company can compete.  StarLink makes it practical to live in a van, which helps ease the housing shortage in the area, and reduces rent prices, which reduces homelessness.

spike