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Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse by saiya-jin on Sunday June 05, 2022 @02:58AM (#31628686)
Must be some US thing with its more mobile and dynamic population, but I dont see any real change pre-covid vs post-covid in the city centre we live in (Geneva, Switzerland) or any other bigger cities we saw in past half year.

Few moved out, few moved in, maybe rents adjusted a bit but I didnt check that. Same shops, bars restaurants opened, same entertainment going on.

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Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse by seadan83 on Sunday June 05, 2022 @05:35AM (#31629373)
Yes, it is an american thing of how cities were built and social factors. Cities here tend to have commercial districts where nobody lives and residential districts or suburbs and you have to drive between the two.

The more European model where first floor is commercial and residential in top, it's a different story to have everyone working from home, no overnight ghost town in commercial districts.

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