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Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse by lmm on Sunday June 05, 2022 @04:10AM (#31628970)
The density itself makes it worth paying a premium to live there. Just being able to not own a car is a huge saving that can go straight into rent, and even if it costs more the quality of life benefits are worth it.

And hell, worst case land prices and rents in the city center come down a bit, that's not really a problem.

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Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse by ghaff on Sunday June 05, 2022 @07:26AM (#31629957)
Many/most people living in a lot of cities still own cars so that they can easily travel outside the city. It's a perfectly valid preference to live in the denser part of a city but it is a preference and not an absolute.
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Re:Work from home and the office real estate apocalypse by lmm on Sunday June 05, 2022 @06:07PM (#31635262)
Sure, but not everyone has to prefer that for there to be enough demand to keep prices up.
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