> I wonder, is this kind of arrangement common

No.

They want $X per month, they don't want significantly less than $X per month.

In Portland, Oregon, a private single-person WeWork office is around $600/month. There are almost no roommate situations that are going to be available for that price.

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zachkatz 3 days ago | parent [-]

There are tons of roommate situations in Portland for around that price: https://portland.craigslist.org/search/roo?max_price=700#sea...

	▲	paulcole 3 days ago \| parent [-]
		Around doing a lot of heavy lifting in that sentence. Many fewer available at $600! I also think you're ignoring that you're going to be contributing to utilities in many of those share situations. I think the WeWork price now is $599 last I checked.