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Originally Posted by rubecube
We need to have serious conversations about working remotely, too. COVID has demonstrated that people are perfectly capable working from home. There is obviously a fine line to consider as more people working from home tends to mean less people pouring money into downtown businesses, but maybe that leads to reduced property taxes and rent, resulting in a revitalization of independent bars and restaurants. Most likely a pipedream but who knows.
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Maybe I'm just getting bitter and jaded with age, but it seems like any societal shift that improves quality of life for the lower and middle classes at the expense of wealthy business owners is becoming more and more difficult to implement on a large scale. That's capitalism for you, I guess.
Less commute time means less profit for the auto and O&G sectors, probably fewer people going out after work for dinner a beer, etc etc. The people who makes the rules lose out, so it's not likely to happen, even if the facts demonstrate it would benefit everyone else.