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Maybe the future is kids figuring out that they don't need to live in the city. It's the city's fault if they want to push potential employees out.

• zhdc1 8y ago
  Everything old becomes new again. I expect that we'll eventually see a resurgence in the attractiveness of suburban and rural housing. There's something about having free space and a general level of independence that you can't really get in an urban area, even if you're weathly enough to own your own property. Of course, it's going to take an uptick in well-paying suburban jobs, but I see no reason why large companies won't start investing again in cheap office space for satellite offices, in particular as a way to bridge remote and central office working environments.
  • Pigo 8y ago
    I don't live in New York or LA, so to some people I might as well be a hill-jack. But I very much appreciate as much space as possible. I've also noticed a huge increase in full or partly remote positions in recent years. It's fun going into the office once in awhile, but once I'm there I'm working from the same machine and chatting online.
  • yardie 8y ago
    Where I'm at the suburbs never stopped being attractive. The city is still growing and attractive. And both fit a certain lifestyle. Apartments in the city are approaching half a million $. Small, older, technically starter houses, near the city are approaching half a million $. Large suburban homes far outside the city, still half a million $. Realtors were expecting a glut of suburban housing after the financial crisis. And while foreclosures did spike during the crisis it never really turned into an epidemic. The purchase time frame increased as buyers had to meet new qualifications but the demand didn't drop. But this is the case for the SE United States. Midwest and flyover states in small towns are having a much harder time. But they're impacted more by their location rather than if it is urban or suburban zones.
  • rootusrootus 8y ago
    IIRC, the current trend is already a net outflow from urban to suburban areas. It ebbs and flows, probably has to do a lot with life stages as well.
  • xkcd-sucks 8y ago
    Only offering jobs in dense urban areas sounds like a great way to get away with age discrimination, assuming that people age out of cities as their day to day experiences contradict "received wisdom" about urbanism
• bproven 8y ago
  if remote work catches on and is popular this would be great - unfortunately we are seeing all the opportunity and jobs concentrate in the most expensive places in the US right now.
  • marssaxman 8y ago
    Those places are expensive because they have all the opportunity and jobs.
• collyw 8y ago
  Where I am pretty much all of the IT jobs will be in cities. My GF is a neurologist and for her to stay specialized and involved in research she is going to have to be in a city. I imagine that a lot of professions are similar.