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People go where the jobs are. That’s increasingly in urban areas. It’s also where amenities like good hospitals and schools are located.
by BenFranklin100 4y ago
People go where the jobs are. That’s increasingly in urban areas. It’s also where amenities like good hospitals and schools are located.
- legitster 4y agoOne of the most eye opening books on this topic was "Order without Design" by Alain Bertaud. Essentially, cities exist entirely as job markets - where individuals make tradeoffs to handle geographic constraints. It will be interesting to see if the WFH shift changes this dynamic.
- BenFranklin100 4y ago‘Order without Design’ is one of my favorite books on the topic.
- linguae 4y agoEven with working from home, some people have certain needs that are easier to fulfill in/near cities. For example, people with chronic medical conditions may have an easier time finding quality health care resources if they are closer to a metro area. Another consideration in America is being a member of an ethnic, religious, or sexual minority and how accepting each community is. It's sad that I have to bring this up in 2023, but it's reality.
- Spartan-S63 4y agoAnecdotally, as a remote worker, I have little interest in leaving the urban core I live in. I rarely drive and walk most places I need to go. That quality of life makes a huge difference. I grew up in a suburban bedroom community where everything involved driving in a car and there were few places you could reasonably walk to. Regardless of my freedom to live where I want, I have little interest to move to low density suburbs or rural areas because the convenience of urban areas is just too nice for me.