4 ms·
But this is nothing new. Better public schools, lower crime, lower taxes (or at least better perceived value), an improved quality of life for a particular life
by dialamac 6y ago
But this is nothing new. Better public schools, lower crime, lower taxes (or at least better perceived value), an improved quality of life for a particular lifestyle have always been motivators. It’s harder to establish a career in the suburbs, but relatively easier to maintain one.
COVID has probably made a measurable impact, but it’s very easy to measure small effects too. Whether much has changed long term, I am doubtful.
- mobilefriendly 6y agoThe new factor that might tip things is more acceptance of remote work.
- tudelo 6y agoYeah, especially for the more senior folks who can easily afford to build or buy a house and also have the advantage of being able to ensure they can work remotely for the near to medium future (especially with some companies shifting to remote for higher level IC's and some shifting to remote first entirely).
- colmvp 6y agoI currently live downtown. Life is semi-normal, but most of the reasons why I'd want to live down here are disrupted. Concert halls are closed indefinitely. Meetup.com groups are now all remote. Restaurants will soon allow people to eat inside but will be operating at limited capacity and who knows what it will be like in the Fall/Winter. And now there's way more homeless people living in nearby parks/streets because of the economy/Covid-19 related limits on shelters. Shops are also closing by the week. You know what I envy from all my friends? Backyards. Just being able to step outside instead of having to don a mask, wait for an semi-empty elevator and walk through public spaces is a big, big advantage. That and having a bigger space for working from home. I'm planning to move to the suburbs over the next year or so in a large part because of how Covid-19 changed the downtown core.