03-29-2022, 03:58 PM
(03-28-2022, 08:57 PM)Eric the Green Wrote:(03-28-2022, 05:03 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: So basically people physically necessary to do certain work, like those that I mentioned in low-status jobs must be where they work. Maybe it would be possible to "farm" such a task as auto-body repair from a high cost-of-living [COL] place like San Francisco to a low-COL place like Modesto. Likewise much of the administrative work, as with banks, insurance companies, and government agencies. If one is priced out of greater Dee Cee because of housing costs for one's skill, and much data is processed on line anyway, then doing such work in West Virginia might make life more affordable. Some jobs can be done by distance. Some can't.
That may soon shape much of American life.
Maybe, and it's happening, but I'd still rather live in San Francisco than Modestro, or DC than West Virginia. There is THAT. Being near work isn't the only reason to live somewhere.
Those places exist because there is an economic ecosystem to support them. Will that be true in 50 years? Probably more yes than no, but a lot less than today. I live in the exurbs and most of my neighbors are locals with minimal schooling and very conservative ways, yet there are others here too. I can find a sizable contingent of likeminded people, but much of that is due to the recreational resources here.
That's something that's reproducible elsewhere and will be more and more as time goes on. Mostly, it will be driven by the obvious: keystone cities are expensive places to live and getting moreso with time. Eventually, you will either be very rich, a long timer or an inheritor to live in most of them.
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