Actually, while I agree that mega-coworking spaces do obviously skew the results, we do have to take into consideration the fact that the majority (At least in the U.S) of coworking spaces are in fact located in cities. If you're to take the top 10 coworking cities, NYC, SF, Houston, Los Angeles, Denver, Boulder, Boston, Seattle, Phoenix, Portland you've accounted for roughly 50% of the coworking spaces in the United States, with another 20 cities or so accounting for another 30% of total U.S coworking spaces.
We find that in smaller cities we have a spread of makers spaces, or small coworking spaces, but they account for a very, very small percentage of total spaces. I can't speak heavily to hot desks, but I can confirm that in these major cities "hot desk" coworking is rather uncommon, with most spaces only dedicating a few seats daily to hot desks. Generally these places switch to "sub-memberships" (1-3 days a week) instead of hot desks. I guess the take-away is that as Alex said, coworking in smaller areas can be very difficult to sustain, however I would argue that those mega-cities are in fact the norm, not the exception, and perhaps these are the areas best suited for coworking, where there is an incredibly high intersection between property value and density of workers. -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
