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1. Cities Will Have To Adapt

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Wed Mar 9, 2022, 07:07 AM

Mar 2022

remote workers could come back now if they wanted to

Since large numbers of them don't want to, for obvious reasons (commuting is bad for both the individual and the planet, and thus best avoided where possible), that's an irrelevant observation.

(It's only fair to note that, reading the whole article, the author acknowledges that.)

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Boston's downtown at risk as workers stay remote [View all] TexasTowelie Mar 2022 OP

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