Why Co-Working Spaces Are Betting on the Suburbs

From the New York Times

Start-ups are betting that the pandemic has spawned a new kind of worker who wants an office space closer to home, without the long commute. 

 Paul Doran, a health care salesman, dreads the thought of commuting back to his office in Manhattan after 19 months of working from home in Jersey City, N.J. 

But Mr. Doran, 33, also wants a break from overhearing his fiancée’s calls and a better place to meet with clients than the local Starbucks. So he signed up for Daybase, a new company that is opening several co-working spaces, including in Hoboken, close to his apartment. 

“It would take a couple more zeros on the paycheck,” he said, “to get me back to commuting into Manhattan four or five days a week.”