SatansHRManager t1_jedxb2j wrote on March 31, 2023 at 9:19 AM

Reply to comment by Epyr in CEOs are quietly backtracking on remote work—and more companies could follow by ethereal3xp

Opposite is true: People moved to small towns and exurbs BECAUSE they could work from home permanently.

Forcing them to commute again will lead some of those people to move back from those small towns and exurbs (i.e. more flight) and force the ones that don't want to uproot their families twice in three years for one company to find other jobs.

Epyr t1_jef2wab wrote on March 31, 2023 at 3:29 PM

In some cases yes, in most cases no. The number of people who prefer big cities vastly outweighs the number of people who prefer small cities. That doesn't mean some people don't like small cities, but it does mean small to medium sized cities don't massively benefit from having businesses running from their downtowns