Pure House is among a handful of businesses that are renting rooms at a premium in exchange for access to amenities, a dormlike atmosphere and an instant community. For a certain set of New Yorkers, often new arrivals to the city with an income but no rental history, Pure House offers something of a reprieve. [...]
The arrangement is a commercial outgrowth of co-living, taking life with roommates to a different level.
— nytimes.com
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Oh cool, a dorm for 50 year olds
the "commune" is now a marketable commodity aimed at maximizing profits of land owners.....hahahahaha..........check out Anthony Bourdain's show on CNN when he is Russia and visits an old school "commune". just people sharing from all types of backgrounds very similar but with a very different basis for existence.......
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