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Remote working is exacerbating the urban-rural divide in the digital market

• giuliomagnifico 4y ago
  > if you live in a cosmopolitan area of a developed country, you are much more likely to be employed through the digital platforms.’
  • dwaltrip 4y ago
    To add on, a little further down: > People with access to specialised education, vocational training and local business opportunities – in other words urban dwellers – will be more likely to have in-demand, digital skills. Very interesting point, surprised I haven’t seen much talk about it before. Urban network effects will continue to have meaningful value in a remote-work environment.
• onos 4y ago
  Another point is that there must be some time scale at which the knowledge will diffuse out of the concentrated areas. We can’t turn on remote work and - snap! - suddenly the worlds rural areas are full of techies. It may take decades. my company went full remote during the pandemic. I’d say 1/4 is outside Bay Area now, with most in mid size to large cities in USA. Give it another few years and I anticipate we’ll hire a larger fraction still each year remote, some on smaller towns etc.