> Cities don't have much of a reason to exist, at least not in their current form, with WFH.
Are you assuming people would rather live in suburbs and countryside then? I would definitely still live in the city, and my first thought of offices closing was "great, more space for residential buildings".
Re:The Birth and Death of the Office
by 999900000999 on Sunday June 12, 2022 @08:26AM
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Not everyone, but you'd have less of a reason to consolidate so many people in a relatively small space.
It's much much cheaper to live outside of major cities. As mentioned elsewhere in this thread, office buildings are a massive source of tax revenue for cities.
This is the entire reason you have this push to bring everyone back.
Re:The Birth and Death of the Office
by osigurdson on Sunday June 12, 2022 @10:41PM
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>> Cities don't have much of a reason to exist...
Ideally, people should be able to live where they want to. If that is in a city, great, otherwise they can live elsewhere and work from home. I don't see any great benefit in forcing people to live where they do not want to be.
Cities don't have much of a reason to exist, at least not in their current form, with WFH.