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The problem with remote workers is that they will only move to a town after there’s a healthy crop of local businesses competing for patronage on quality. So t
by blargey 2y ago
The problem with remote workers is that they will only move to a town after there’s a healthy crop of local businesses competing for patronage on quality.
So they can’t become the motive for such businesses to start in a town. It’s a crop of local workers flocking to location-specific, non-remote job opportunities that creates that attractive opportunity for service businesses to follow.
- medvezhenok 2y agoTo be fair, rich people could theoretically jump start the process by paying people to open businesses in a town. It just takes startup costs. And if the flywheel gets going, you could see a new "popular" town spring up. But it's a risk.