Employers have been whining about Work From Home jobs since before the pandemic. There has been an avalanche of anti-WFH articles put out in the last three years and some cities have started evicting people working from home because their houses aren't zoned for commercial use.
But even if everyone was working from home we would still need, more likely have a greater need for, [third places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place) so people could socialize outside f work. What? you want people to *drive* home from the bar? On a 75mph freeway?
It isn't ongoing. At least not as far as I can tell. I feel like I read an article or two around 2020 about people running into problems with WFH and zoning. It may have been raised rent or property taxes though. It may have also just been anecdotal stuff that was posted in the comments of Reddit.
Either way, I'm having problems finding the articles or comments now as well. So you can safely ignore that part. The rest is still valid though. Employers are trying like hell to get people back into the office and the mainstream media is freaking out about WFH on the employer's behalf.
>you want people to drive home from the bar? On a 75mph freeway?
What do you think people do right now? After drinking with office buddies?
>But even if everyone was working from home we would still need, more likely have a greater need for, third places
I am not sure if you're for or against ToD from your wording. But ToD are exactly the places that creates those third places, not regular suburban development.
>What do you think people do right now? After drinking with office buddies?
Yeah, that was basically my point.
>I am not sure if you're for or against ToD from your wording.
Read it as though I were responding directly to the comment in the OP. I'm not agreeing with the guy.
>ToD are exactly the places that creates those third places
I'm not sure I would classify a bus stop or a light rail platform as a third place. No one just hangs out at the bus stop by choice. However, transit does give rise to third places like bars, restaurants, barber shops, and so on.
His logic doesn't even make sense. If train/bus ridership is down then the increase in demand from building stuff around stations/bus hubs is a good thing to replace that drop, whereas pre-Covid it might have been seen as a negative to overcrowd the services.
I wonder if the reason nobody uses public transit is because it sucks on purpose so people will drive rather than bother with it? Of course, this guy would have to get his head out of Elon's ass to even think of that.
I wish the term transit oriented development would die. All development is transit oriented. Nobody develops anything that isn't connected to the transportation network, ever, unless it's a fly-in remote cabin in Alaska, or a boat-in island in Canada or something. And then it's still transit oriented, just that airplanes/boats are the mode of transit there.
There is no such thing as transit oriented development. There is only "development". As long as you keep calling it something special people will find a reason to oppose the special thing they perceive as different and threatening.
Chuds when obsolete political views: We need to return to tradition!
Chuds when actually traditional ways of life: OBSOLETE!!!1!1!1!
Is it always opposite day for them?
Hhaha train ridership is breaking records in the city I live in, this person is full of shit.
According to his logic cars are also obsolete so checkmate
Employers have been whining about Work From Home jobs since before the pandemic. There has been an avalanche of anti-WFH articles put out in the last three years and some cities have started evicting people working from home because their houses aren't zoned for commercial use. But even if everyone was working from home we would still need, more likely have a greater need for, [third places](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_place) so people could socialize outside f work. What? you want people to *drive* home from the bar? On a 75mph freeway?
Got a source on the "getting evicted because zoning didn't permit work use" story? I tried to find it myself but Google was getting me nowhere.
It isn't ongoing. At least not as far as I can tell. I feel like I read an article or two around 2020 about people running into problems with WFH and zoning. It may have been raised rent or property taxes though. It may have also just been anecdotal stuff that was posted in the comments of Reddit. Either way, I'm having problems finding the articles or comments now as well. So you can safely ignore that part. The rest is still valid though. Employers are trying like hell to get people back into the office and the mainstream media is freaking out about WFH on the employer's behalf.
>you want people to drive home from the bar? On a 75mph freeway? What do you think people do right now? After drinking with office buddies? >But even if everyone was working from home we would still need, more likely have a greater need for, third places I am not sure if you're for or against ToD from your wording. But ToD are exactly the places that creates those third places, not regular suburban development.
>What do you think people do right now? After drinking with office buddies? Yeah, that was basically my point. >I am not sure if you're for or against ToD from your wording. Read it as though I were responding directly to the comment in the OP. I'm not agreeing with the guy. >ToD are exactly the places that creates those third places I'm not sure I would classify a bus stop or a light rail platform as a third place. No one just hangs out at the bus stop by choice. However, transit does give rise to third places like bars, restaurants, barber shops, and so on.
His logic doesn't even make sense. If train/bus ridership is down then the increase in demand from building stuff around stations/bus hubs is a good thing to replace that drop, whereas pre-Covid it might have been seen as a negative to overcrowd the services.
I wonder if the reason nobody uses public transit is because it sucks on purpose so people will drive rather than bother with it? Of course, this guy would have to get his head out of Elon's ass to even think of that.
There're more reasons for transit than the work commute.
End roads too. The ridership is down and this guy can obviously work from home.
He said obsolete so yes he does
I wish the term transit oriented development would die. All development is transit oriented. Nobody develops anything that isn't connected to the transportation network, ever, unless it's a fly-in remote cabin in Alaska, or a boat-in island in Canada or something. And then it's still transit oriented, just that airplanes/boats are the mode of transit there. There is no such thing as transit oriented development. There is only "development". As long as you keep calling it something special people will find a reason to oppose the special thing they perceive as different and threatening.
Chuds when obsolete political views: We need to return to tradition! Chuds when actually traditional ways of life: OBSOLETE!!!1!1!1! Is it always opposite day for them?