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> Surely, you do not want to commute from there to a job in the city.

The 2010s called and wants last decade's arguments back.

For a majority of people, and for whole swaths of the economy this will always still be true. Can't really bartend or lay bricks remotely.

Yes and no. When software developers are working remotely their bartenders are going to be in the same areas.

Cities can’t just be waitress jobs for other waitresses, they need a core of non service jobs to work.

To a point. Economies of scale will still exist for things that cannot be done remotely, which means that population density will continue to beget population density.

Lay bricks? Wut? I thought most houses are 3d printed nowadays…

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