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How does that support a janitor? or a school teacher? or a policeman? or a retail clerk... I can go on and on... there are too many jobs where there is no possibility for "remote work" yet may not pay well enough for you to live close to the office/place of employment

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It does help them indirectly. Less traffic, can even help public transport where buses don't have dedicated bus lanes.

It reduces both commercial RE demand in cities and less focus on everyone living inside the city.

I’m living in rural NY thanks to remote work. The US is spread wide and I don’t think emulating Europe will work in the case of US.

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