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Think_please t1_j7owpzx wrote

Work from home let people get further away from Boston than they would have originally. The fed found that WFH contributed 60% of the pandemic housing price increases. It essentially unlocked a huge amount of boston money all at once, and boston hasn't built anywhere near enough for the last 40 years (and won't anytime soon with its ridiculous zoning and ADU rules).

https://www.businessinsider.com/remote-work-raised-housing-prices-real-estate-market-federal-reserve-2022-9

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