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Not clear at all. Effective WFH requires a bigger house, which would tend to favor remote areas. But partial WFH, where you're still in the office ~1 day/week o
by exmadscientist 6y ago
Not clear at all. Effective WFH requires a bigger house, which would tend to favor remote areas. But partial WFH, where you're still in the office ~1 day/week on average, will push for _both_ larger and closer housing.
- bradleyjg 6y agoAn hour and a half commute five days a week is a brutal grind. Once a week it doesn’t sound so bad.
- ghaff 6y agoDefinitely. The Bay Area is a bit tougher to get out of really expensive housing depending upon where you work. But I'm (at rush hour) something like 90 minutes out of Boston whether driving or rail/subway. And housing is, if not depressed Midwest cheap, pretty reasonable in many towns that far out. That is, as you say, pretty brutal daily--which I never really had to do even when I worked in the city. But it's only a mild PITA once a week or so.
- Mvandenbergh 6y agoNot to mention that if you're in a day a week for specific meetings (vs it being your "office" the expectations about when you will arrive there are different. You may be able to travel during quieter hours which can be faster and less stressful.
- pmiller2 6y agoI WFH "effectively" in an 800 sq foot apartment. If I didn't have a dog, I could probably do so in less space.