I’ve thought for a while that as telecommuting becomes more feasible, the demand for housing in urban areas will reduce – which would certainly be a good thing in Auckland, where I live, as it’s one of the least affordable housing markets in the world.

Along with that comes an influx of money into rural and semi-rural areas, and probably the establishment of office centres in small towns and villages where people who still want to go somewhere outside their home and work in the presence of other people can do so. It’s just that the people they work alongside probably won’t be working for the same organization.

Originally shared by Yonatan Zunger

Today I’m going to get out my crystal ball and talk a bit about some potentially good news in the economy: a shift in telecommuting which suggests it may have a much deeper effect on the world in the next decade or two, which for once will not entirely serve to screw the workers.

It’s rare enough to be able to make a prognostication like that with a straight face that I thought this was worth sharing.

(This is a more in-depth version of an earlier post: https://plus.google.com/+YonatanZunger/posts/QZDyxcbEDjF . There are some great comments and discussion there, if you want to see how the conversation began!)

https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/the-future-of-telecommuting-4d019770d3e7