Dare ObasanjoThe economy of every major city in the US is built around a bunch of office workers driving to expensive office buildings, eating expensive lunches and having expensive drinks & dinners after work.
They won’t go out quietly.
John Minnihan@carnage4life mofo actually thinks I’m wearing pants
Bret Carmichael@carnage4life Yup. Cities have a lot to lose where literally everywhere else can be just as much of a job center. Similarly, knowledge jobs can just as easily go overseas to less expensive labor markets, so it’s not necessarily a victory for the suburbs.
Hugh Ferguson@carnage4life it did strike me that most of the back to the office rhetoric was being driven by downtown businesses. Frankly I found the food courts and coffee shops overpriced before the pandemic.
Rodney@carnage4life Remote work is one of the main advantages of white collar jobs and now that people have experienced the benefits, they just aren’t going to give it up. It is a true labor issue like wage hikes and insurance is for service jobs and other forms of work.
Russell Neches@carnage4life This is just such a sad failure of imagination. Remote work is a real opportunity to make rapid progress on integration, transit, affordable housing and building real neighborhoods, and instead we are arguing over bullshit.
Richie Enameller@carnage4life Also, this guy is a fucking idiot who is in the pocket of big business. Pardon my cursing 🤬
Dazz Knowles@carnage4life The same is true in the UK. Remote working is a great way to rebalance wealth distribution away from big cities and back to towns that had been left virtually abandoned. But as you say, those that made their wealth from office-based cattle herding will naturally try to convince anyone who will listen how bad remote work is.