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That definitely plays a role. However, large companies have remote offices in different cities that rely on virtual communication to one another. This just mov

That definitely plays a role. However, large companies have remote offices in different cities that rely on virtual communication to one another. This just moves the remote/virtual aspect further down the system to the individuals/teams. This push would also make supply chain work more virtual, the long tail of industry. It could work if they give massive tax breaks for remote workers, when it is a financial benefit and reward for pushing virtual workplaces, it will take hold. Remote work pushes also have immense impact on carbon production / climate change and making sure local communities thrive from higher salaries in more remote locations. This would allow for infrastructure to also be better more widely dispersed. There will always be hubs, but even large companies eventually get many hubs themselves and require virtual communication and remote capabilities. Company cities have been around forever, but remote working / virtual communication needs to be a priority and can help fix or improve many problems, not just housing costs. The mobile device generation will most likely bring about these remote working changes more widely.

roenxi 7y ago
> The mobile device generation will most likely bring about these remote working changes more widely. That is a bold prediction. My money is on the precise opposite. The more talented and successful the employee is, in the main, the closer they are going to be to the heart of a geographically located industrial hub. Reduced communication costs will make it easier to identify the hubs and increase the competition to move there until the cost of moving is similar to the benefit of being in the hub. If mobile devices and better communication suddenly causes an on-average decentralisation of wealth generation that would be (1) welcome and (2) shockingly unusual. > This would allow for infrastructure to also be better more widely dispersed. Probably going to burn a lot more resources spreading the infrastructure out than is saved by letting everything centralised. There'd be wins cutting down on the daily commute, but would also be costs to decentralising. Similar benefits might be more easily found by designing dense cities to be easy to navigate by bike and foot; which would also let workers keep the advantages of centralisation. Lots of room for improvement there, no doubt.

roenxi 7y ago

> The mobile device generation will most likely bring about these remote working changes more widely. That is a bold prediction. My money is on the precise opposite. The more talented and successful the employee is, in the main, the closer they are going to be to the heart of a geographically located industrial hub. Reduced communication costs will make it easier to identify the hubs and increase the competition to move there until the cost of moving is similar to the benefit of being in the hub. If mobile devices and better communication suddenly causes an on-average decentralisation of wealth generation that would be (1) welcome and (2) shockingly unusual. > This would allow for infrastructure to also be better more widely dispersed. Probably going to burn a lot more resources spreading the infrastructure out than is saved by letting everything centralised. There'd be wins cutting down on the daily commute, but would also be costs to decentralising. Similar benefits might be more easily found by designing dense cities to be easy to navigate by bike and foot; which would also let workers keep the advantages of centralisation. Lots of room for improvement there, no doubt.