I see this sentiment posted in reply to nearly every post on hybrid work without any real justification. As someone who had a hybrid setup before the pandemic, going in 1-2 days a week, I did not value being able to live far away from my employer. Conversely, I did value having a place nearby where I could go to work and reliably be physically proximate to my coworkers.

It's not like there was no freedom to work elsewhere either. When I wanted to work somewhere else for a week or two I'd work it out with management, no problem.

Some people really want remote work, more power to them it looks like there will be plenty of that post-pandemic, but let's not pretend that many people won't be happy with the office being a regular part of their week.

For context, I find most people who were full-time in-office workers (and still live in the same spot) prior to the pandemic are the ones who are in-favor for a flex-remote policy. This is all based on local sampling of my coworkers and my wife's coworkers, not necessarily representative of the population.

Another group I've anecdotally seen in favor are families with small children at home. Especially ones who are not yet school age.