I wonder what effect the work-from-anywhere environment we've created, and pushed further with COVID-19 workplace closures, will have? Lots of the places where

I wonder what effect the work-from-anywhere environment we've created, and pushed further with COVID-19 workplace closures, will have? Lots of the places where housing is being built en-mass now are previously rural areas, without onerous zoning restrictions. Houses are being built, just not in the usual areas. Building material costs are rising, as the author notes, but could it be because the demand for them has exceeded the supply? I recently asked a friend (software dev) whether he thought his employer was going to ask them to resume working in the local office and he was skeptical that they ever could do so. Too many of the strongest devs had already moved away, and he felt the chances of replacing them now with local, office-based developers of the same quality would be basically zero. Not everyone can work remote, but enough that it could alleviate pressure in the traditional centers.