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> Surely, you do not want to commute from there to a job in the city. The 2010s called and wants last decade's arguments back.

• schraeds 5y ago
  For a majority of people, and for whole swaths of the economy this will always still be true. Can't really bartend or lay bricks remotely.
  • aaaaaaaaaaab 5y ago
    Lay bricks? Wut? I thought most houses are 3d printed nowadays…
  • Retric 5y ago
    Yes and no. When software developers are working remotely their bartenders are going to be in the same areas. Cities can’t just be waitress jobs for other waitresses, they need a core of non service jobs to work.
    • kibwen 5y ago
      To a point. Economies of scale will still exist for things that cannot be done remotely, which means that population density will continue to beget population density.