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The cost of co-working spaces in San Francisco has gotten so out of control that peeved freelancers are taking to the streets - literally - in search of a cheaper alternative.

App developer Victor Pontis, 26, pioneered the concept of working from a parking space on April 25, setting up his desk in a parking spot at 16th Street and Market and feeding the meter.

The stunt, which he said in tweet was to 'show that parking real estate can be used for better purposes', quickly garnered so much interest from other fed-up freelancers that Pontis organized a group event in parking spaces by the Civic Center on Monday.

With membership in co-working spaces like WeWork running upward of $400 a month, Pontis coined a cheeky alternative: 'WePark', which encourages workers to set up a desk in a parking spot and feed the meter for about $2.25 an hour. 

'It's a simple idea - take your desk to a parking spot, pay the

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