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The most expensive bit in a building is the land it sits on. The denser the cluster of people the more expensive the land becomes. People cluster around jobs. T
by yrgulation 4y ago
The most expensive bit in a building is the land it sits on. The denser the cluster of people the more expensive the land becomes. People cluster around jobs. The more the jobs get distributed geographically the less people need to cluster and the more affordable housing becomes.
Remote work is the way to solve the housing crisis. There can be smaller regional clusters of people working in shared offices or small offices but there’s no real need for cramming people in offices in densely populated cities.
Free range chicken and cattle farms have minimum space requirements, yet human farms require people to sit in overcrowded spaces at least 8 hours a day every day usually limited to the space of a seat and a desk.
- prottog 4y ago> The most expensive bit in a building is the land it sits on This isn't always the case even in smaller cities, let alone truly rural areas. I live in a suburban area of a small city and empty lots around here go for under $100k, and only the very cheapest houses built on top of them cost less than that to build. Remote work is nice, but only a minority of jobs can be performed remotely; and there is a certain degree of economies of scale in "human farming" (nice phrase!), so I think the majority of jobs will always remain in denser areas.
- dominotw 4y ago> Remote work is the way to solve the housing crisis. Housing got totally out of control after this started. RTO is going to bring housing back down to earth.
- yrgulation 4y agoNah, it got out of control because of unrelated factors. Should RTO kick in, productivity will drop and it will get worse.
- dominotw 4y agoWell how is it 'the solution' like you stated if it can still go out of control because of 'unrelated factors'.