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Here's a novel idea (/s): Move cities.

• knolax 7y ago
  Anyone wanna move to California City? If enough of us do it at once we can jumpstart the growth cycle.
  • hakfoo 7y ago
    I always figured with modern technology we don't need to have all of the federal government in the DC/VA area. I'd scatter each department to a different rust-belt or similarly hollowed-out city, creating a permanent economic base and allowing redevelopment to jump start.
    • ldoughty 7y ago
      That's my argument for internet everywhere to. You physically can't have work from home employees if, in 2019, they have to pick between 3Mbps or a 25GB data cap. And if more people worked remotely, stress on large cities is reduced. I actually liked the concept of wework -- a shared office to work in that is not at home -- to bad there was serious issues with the company. With enough places like this, you can still move people out of cities.
      • brianwawok 7y ago
        The top issue of WFH is not internet speed. It’s a lot deeper than that. I could WFH on 1 mbit pretty easy, git commits and slack are low bandwidth.
        • Hackbraten 7y ago
          Then again, many workers depend on video calls or video conferences, which easily require a multiple of that bandwidth. Regular security updates are also important. Those add up nowadays, and if they’re slow to download you tend to skimp on them.
          • downrightmike 7y ago
            requiring video makes no sense
            • kevinventullo 7y ago
              I don’t follow. I support a few remote people on my team now, and it would be much more difficult without video conferencing.
            • ldoughty 7y ago
              Not all employees can communicate by text or voice alone. Body language is very important to a lot of people when communicating... I prefer video calls, though I don't require it.. but you can't easily tell an employee is having a rough day or is not following what you're saying on verbal/text cues alone... Or they say they get it in text but they really are not sure (and seeing their face or posture might have communicated that they "kinda" understand).. Many people need the human-to-human interaction.. and many people don't. If you and your boss and direct reports are all happy connecting in text, great! But a huge portion of the population wants to see the other person when communicating