The pandemic is forcing much work to become more virtual. People are now centering their lives more on home and family, and social structures are rearranging.<\/p>\n
It’s not clear that everyone will want to back to a world of commuting and office buildings. As people learn how to better work at home, they will gradually see advantages that outweigh the disadvantages.<\/p>\n
If so, then after the pandemic is over, we may start to see a decisive and permanent shift. People will move away from geographic areas that privilege work life, toward areas that privilege home life.<\/p>\n
There could therefore be a permanent drop in population places like New York City, which are all about the advantages of urban density, including access to high paying jobs. Instead, people might migrate to the midwest, where housing is both larger and cheaper.<\/p>\n
If you can buy a big house for not so much money, and still hold down a high paying job while spending quality time with your family, why wouldn’t you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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