Remote Work Is Gutting Downtowns, Will Cost Cities $453B

Re:Remote Work Is Gutting Downtowns, Will Cost Cities $453B by marcyb5st on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @10:00AM (#33881007)

Europe arguably has better public transportation and shorter commutes. I am still seeing this happening (don't have any data to back my claim, just my experience). If I have to guess here is more about the housing cost being the issue. Buying is prohibitive given the average income and most new units are only for rent. In the last 6 years I spent more than 140k CHF in rent (close to Zurich).

Once remote working has started we said screw that and moved further away from downtown. Now we own a nice apartment with a garden (unthinkable before) and go the city only when required.

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Re:Remote Work Is Gutting Downtowns, Will Cost Cities $453B by rbanffy on Tuesday December 06, 2022 @10:24AM (#33881483)

> Europe arguably has better public transportation and shorter commutes

Mine (Dublin, Ireland) is still about an hour on the tram (for EUR 2) from where I live, so I'm not saying it's perfect, but my manager, in the Atlanta area, is a two-hour drive away from the office. That and he starting meetings at 6AM (because Dublin) makes me support remote working even more for the ATL teams.

I gladly traded the rich cultural life and world-class restaurants for a walkable city and a house with a small park one gate away from the back yard.

Even considering the occasional invasion of the house by a bunch of screaming little 10 yo's who are my daughter's gang (who lives mostly on the same street).

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