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>What percent of workers do work that can be done remotely? Not a huge number, but that's all you need to support a small town economy. It's like the plight of
by barbacoa 6y ago
>What percent of workers do work that can be done remotely?
Not a huge number, but that's all you need to support a small town economy. It's like the plight of the rust belt -- you had small communities that relied on manufacturing job to support the local retail and services jobs. When those manufacturing jobs evaporated due to outsourcing those small towns imploded.
- asdff 6y agoWhat percent of remote workers do their shopping at the local mom and pop vs. online? I would expect this is a much higher rate than non remote workers who are commuting past that mom and pop store every day, where it would be convenient to stop in and grab something on their way to work or home. Remote workers in a rural town have little reason to leave their house and go to town, which in a rural town might itself be a 10-15 min one way drive on unlit (and frequently unplowed in winter) roads that typically lack a sidewalk.
- barbacoa 6y agoRural town is an oxymoron. There is a big distinction between rural and towns. Even towns of 1-5k people are surprisingly dense since most were built out before urban sprawl became a trend.