NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Predicted

Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by potatolicious on Thursday May 18, 2023 @07:36PM (#35995844)

This is... demonstrably untrue? People who work from home generally aren't house-bound, they will still go to the coffee shop, the local park, local stores, meetups, pubs, bars, etc.

Sure, if you live in a very amenity-poor area WFH may in fact be quite isolating - but if anything that reinforces the main thrust of the argument: live in a city where there are things to do other than working and hanging out with coworkers!

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by Gigachad on Thursday May 18, 2023 @09:47PM (#35996805)

I think it’s is quite observably already happening. We have a growing portion of anti social shut ins and the problem is only getting worse.

I think it’s realistic that social media and VR will just completely take over.

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Re:NYC Skyscrapers Sit Vacant, Exposing Risk City Never Pred... by ulucs on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:55AM (#35998289)

Shut-ins have always existed, at least they can be employed now. That is actually a nice pro for generally available remote work.

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