Quartz - Paywall
If working from home en masse was going to kill cities or the commute, it would have happened by now, says Jonathan English, a writer and urban planning PhD candidate at Columbia University. We’ve had the means to ping each other for work purposes and make video calls for years, he says, but you still haven’t seen most people who could seek out cheap housing in the country. That’s because not all employers believed remote employees would be productive, yes, but also because people choose where to live based on many factors—wanting to be near friends, family, and others who want the same lifestyle, the same bars and restaurants and gathering spots—and not only where the office happens to be, he explains.