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The Absurdity of the Return-to-Office Movement (www.cnn.com)

submitted 10 months ago by L4s to c/technology

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The Absurdity of the Return-to-Office Movement::The return-to-office demands make little sense from an overall economic perspective, while working parents, in particular, benefit from not having to waste time commuting to an office, writes Peter Bergen.

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[–] matjoeman 28 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Because all the shops, museums, restaurants, music venues, and public transit hubs are there?

[+] [email protected] -15 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Museums and music venues, sure.

But the other things exist in small towns too. And if I do want to go to a concert, or the football or a museum, I can just go. It's not like you go to these places every day.

[–] orosus 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I work from home and still prefer living in the city center, despite being more expensive. Not due to the museums but due to the closeness to restaurants, pubs and clubs. How am I supposed to go back home if I am drunk and I cannot drive. The city center is for the people not for office buildings.

[–] stoly 5 points 10 months ago

This is me. I can just go outside and do the things, then I'm back in time for my next meeting.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Do they? I just moved back to the rural area I grew up in after spending ten years in Cleveland.

Cleveland's not the greatest, but there's dick around here outside of Walmart. I can drive 30 minutes into the nearest small city if I need a Home Depot or something, but Cleveland had tons of choices by comparison. Not a ton of restaurants, most are same ish or eaten up by Applebee's. Fast food is even pretty limited.

Back in the day we had small shops, but most are dead now...