I've been thinking about this for a while. It makes sense that if people don't need to commute they have more flexibility in choosing where to live. On the othe

I've been thinking about this for a while. It makes sense that if people don't need to commute they have more flexibility in choosing where to live. On the other hand, there will still be richer/safer towns with better schools where most people want to live in. Where I live there's been a booming of new construction for office space and very expensive rents. Some small companies I know moved to work remotely cause they couldn't afford renting an office anymore. It's been puzzling why this is happening given the rise of remote work (pre COVID-19). Part of it is FANNG companies which all expanded like crazy in recent years, including many new multibillion dollar offices. Interesting you say you work in a big company. I find remote work to be more challenging in big companies. Productivity is not the issue. The main issue is visibility to other parts of the org. Working remotely you don't get to bump into people from different teams. There are ways to make it happen remotely too, just more challenging when there are so many people.