Remote work’s toll on cities
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Remote work’s toll on cities
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Re: Remote work’s toll on cities
#2Remote work has the potential to make neighborhoods more dynamic. With more people at home, there's more demand for nearby coffee shops, entertainment, food options. I prefer the decentralized neighborhood approach to the hub and spoke model where you commute to a big city from the boring suburbs.
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#4It wouldn't devastate them if people could live above or around (walkable distance even in bad weather) where they work. It would revitalize them.
The automobile society notion of residential far from workplace is just bad.
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#5It wouldn't devastate them if people could live above or around (walkable distance even in bad weather) where they work. It would revitalize them. The automobile society notion of residential far from workplace is just bad.
Except for remote positions, how does that work? Does everyone move when they change jobs in a city?
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You mean the car-oriented suburbs?
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#7Submission to the automobile has already devastated America's Cities...
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#8Remote work has the potential to make neighborhoods more dynamic. With more people at home, there's more demand for nearby coffee shops, entertainment, food options. I prefer the decentralized neighborhood approach to the hub and spoke model where you commute to a big city from the boring suburbs.
I would love more concentrated neighborhoods like I’ve seen in many places across Europe
many other places across Europe dont have this or most people arent conveniently located
but my point is that this doesn't seem to be an option at all in the US, unless you are in a nice development within one or two cities. not an option in the suburbs anywhere to my knowledge.
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#9It wouldn't devastate them if people could live above or around (walkable distance even in bad weather) where they work. It would revitalize them. The automobile society notion of residential far from workplace is just bad.
Except for remote positions, how does that work? Does everyone move when they change jobs in a city?
You could. Lots of people do things like that. You could also live near public transportation that might change the definition of "near" for some workers. I personally have never gotten a new job in the same city as my last.
Re: Remote work’s toll on cities
#10It wouldn't devastate them if people could live above or around (walkable distance even in bad weather) where they work. It would revitalize them. The automobile society notion of residential far from workplace is just bad.
Except for remote positions, how does that work? Does everyone move when they change jobs in a city?
Right now, yes and no. I live in a mid sized town in the Midwest. People who are renting, and not tied down by things like having kids in school, are fairly likely to move if a job change alters their commute. However, it's complicated by the fact that they are also influenced by the amenities that different neighborhoods offer. For instance do you prefer lots of hip restaurants, or lots of green space?
Once people are more dug in, they will often just eat the longer commute. However, there is a sizable "transient" population that is as likely to move to another town when they change jobs. This is true of people like academics, doctors, and so forth.
There are certain occupations that are fairly centralized, due to being the seat of government and home to a large university. My spouse just changed jobs at the U, and we already live close to there.