A different, similar compromise is 1 full week in the office once a month or two. That's fairly easy to manage if you still want to live in a LCOL area, with a

A different, similar compromise is 1 full week in the office once a month or two. That's fairly easy to manage if you still want to live in a LCOL area, with a minimum 3 nights in a hotel. Coordinate with your team and project stakeholders to all converge on the same week where you can collaborate and plan more efficiently. Then break and work remotely to actually execute. Many small businesses won't even need to maintain a consistent workplace. They could cycle the meetups in more flexible co-working spaces as needed. Larger megacorps could still justify maintaining their own space that ends up being designed for more modularity and flexibility.