> and I know many people who moved away temporarily for economic reasons who are very much not doing as well mentally and are looking forward to being back in t

> and I know many people who moved away temporarily for economic reasons who are very much not doing as well mentally and are looking forward to being back in the city. The same has happened in SF. I've gotten many women to come back to the city because they were going crazy in whatever part of the frontier they ventured out into, or even worse: being an adult at their parent's house in Bumbawhat, USA. Many people find the value systems and insensitivities in the rest of the country to be completely foreign and shocking. So they are looking for any excuse to be back here, even if just to visit someone. > COVID creates an exodus of one, but people in the latter category are also moving into cities as well as prices drop and they are no longer priced out. That doesn't offset housing/rental price drop. Not that you claimed it did, just pointing that out.