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Coworker concentration deserves real weight because a new-hire class can provide an immediate social bridge into the city. But Grant would still compare that location with the strongest broader young-professional neighborhoods available within the renter’s budget. Training classes change, people transfer, and jobs change, while neighborhood friendships can remain independent of the employer. HomeBase’s preferred outcome is a renter who has both work friends and a wider community. Living near coworkers can be a major plus when the apartment and neighborhood also make sense on their own.
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