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But then the jig is up, no? I thought that was an amazing moment when recently the NYC mayor asked CEOs to "help get workers back to the office". It's not abou
by stefan_ 5y ago
But then the jig is up, no? I thought that was an amazing moment when recently the NYC mayor asked CEOs to "help get workers back to the office".
It's not about the work, it's not about the city, it's about making sure real estate doesn't crash and those campaign contributions can keep coming.
- lbriner 5y agoMaybe the mayor also cares about local businesses that get their income from city workers as well as the transport networks which need all the money they can get. Maybe they care about the tourist buzz from a busy city or the saftey in numbers. You don't always have to assume the worst of someone just because they are powerful.
- dml2135 5y agoThese things are not mutually exclusive.
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- spookthesunset 5y agoDon’t forget the suburban sprawl this sort of stuff will cause. Eating further and further into our natural habitats building giant houses for wealthy, privileged tech workers.
- kwhitefoot 5y agoWork from home could plausibly have the opposite effect by liberating a lot of buildings from office use and repurposing them as homes. I know a lot of people who would prefer to live in a city rather than the suburbs, especially young people.
- Apocryphon 5y agoThe solution to that is improved urban planning, not to reduce the demand for housing.
- PaulDavisThe1st 5y agoIn most surveys of this, there are substantial numbers of people who want to get back to the office. That doesn't mean we should ignore the people who don't want to, but the opposite is also true. It's also about the other businesses that are enabled by having significant number of non-at-home workers in the neighborhood. I'm not saying that this should outweigh or override anything else, but I am saying you don't have to be this cynical.