2024-12-11T16:22:29-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/149943882/co-living-nomadism-roam-wants-you-to-sign-a-lease-to-live-around-the-world Nicholas Korody 2016-05-05T12:58:00-04:00 >2018-03-08T13:51:19-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/4y/4ymxnr3gmv5fes78.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>If you can afford the airfare, it's getting easier to be a digital nomad. Roam, a new network of co-living spaces, offers a lease that lets you continually move: After a couple of weeks or months in Madrid, you can head to Miami, or Ubud, Bali. By 2017, the startup plans to have 8-10 locations around the world. These aren't designed as places for vacations. Instead, it's an alternative way to think about home for "location-independent" people who can work remotely.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>"Residents each have their own private bedroom and bathroom, but they also have access to a coworking space and shared communal areas. The point is to meet as many people as possible."</em></p> <p><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/6a/6aw7fnhbhbrz2zc5.jpg"></p> <p>Their website includes copy like, "A new way of living: Sign one lease. Live around the world," and, "Show up and find community everywhere." And high-speed wifi is guaranteed!</p> <p>No place like home, eh?&nbsp;For more on the changing landscape of domesticity today, check out some related Archinect coverage:</p> <ul><li><a href="http://archinect.com/features/article/149943348/previewing-the-2016-venice-biennale-the-british-pavilion-s-home-economics" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Previewing the 2016 Venice Biennale: the British Pavilion's "Home Economics"</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149937655/box-sweet-box-sf-man-lives-in-wooden-pod-in-friends-apartment-for-400-month" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Box sweet box: SF man lives in wooden "pod" in friends' apartment for $400/month</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149937012/wework-airbnb-podshare-new-live-work-space-emerges-in-los-angeles" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeWork + Airbnb = PodShare? New live-work space emerges in Los Angeles</a></li><li><a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/145729323/welive-wework-s-co-living-venture-opens-for-beta-testing-in-new-york-city" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeLive, WeWork's co-living venture, opens for beta testing in New York City</a></li></ul><p><img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/jl/jlckncrsie4evtee.jpg"></p>