Something that has always been a curiosity to me is why do so many Calgarians work downtown? I live in a white collar suburb of a mid-sized US city, and it seems about 70-80% of the people I know either work from home exclusively or have some sort of combination of home-based+travel, or work-from-home and spend some time in hotelling space in an office. I only know a couple who would commute downtown on any kind of regular basis.
It wasn't always the case, it has shifted dramitically in the last 10-15 years. Companies are seeing how much cheaper it is to not have office space for everyone, and employees generally appreciate the financial savings in transportation, meals and dry-cleaning and the time saved by not commuting.
Is there something about the oil and gas industry that keeps everyone working in the office? Or is Calgary destined to see a similar shift and have a bunch of empty towers in 10-15 years?
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