Ask HN: Why isn't remote work advertised as a pro environment initiative?

Re:Ask HN: Why isn't remote work advertised as a pro environ... by TuringNYC on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:37AM (#33692937)

>> Similarly, I often wonder why cities don’t promote local telecommuting over building expensive public transportation infrastructure.

Because if they promote it too much, they people move far away and the city loses the tax base. One extreme example is New York City -- they have a 3.5% income tax. If you move into next-door NJ or CT, the city loses that 3.5% income.

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Re:Ask HN: Why isn't remote work advertised as a pro environ... by bombcar on Monday November 21, 2022 @09:49AM (#33693073)

This is part of it - once you're telecommuting then one of the main things holding you to a particular area is gone.

And once telecommuting is common in a given company, the workers begin to disperse, first to "driving distance" and then to "anywhere in a reasonable timezone".

We already saw how badly Covid hit city centers, perpetual work-from-home would be worse; causing a mini-Detroit in many cities.

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