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cities are fundamentally more efficient and just a natural byproduct of the way capitalism allocates money and people.

And you are basing this on what evidence. Cities spread disease either infectious or by pollution. If a job can be done remotely, the company should not only allow it but it should be the only way to do it.

Many jobs can be done remotely today and this will move annex jobs with them. Cities will remain central hubs but this will reduce the pressure and demand.

See cagenut's comment above. Cities are economically robust because they have the economic activity to justify the infrastructure investments. You can have much more rural, spread out areas, but they can't afford to support many of the amenities that modern people would consider necessities, especially tech workers.

And what are these amenities? Because I am typing this from a rural area that has decent food, good medical options nearby and high speed internet as well as I can get a cheap bus to nearby places.

I'm talking about stuff like paved roads to your door, free paved parking lots, and connections to the city's sewer system and electrical grid. We expect the city to pay for maintaining these things, but the taxable economic activity in suburban/rural areas isn't enough to cover these liabilities in the long-term.

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