TootsNYC t1_itpr8mp wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:36 PM

Reply to comment by darkpaladin in Rather than heralding a new era of prosperity for rural and remote regions, remote working, inspired by the pandemic, is exacerbating the global urban-rural divide in the digital platform labour market by giuliomagnifico

I grew up in a small rural town. My parents deliberately retired to a city because my mom wanted to be closer to health care services as she aged. (I had cancer as a kid, and we had to go to a city for treatment, which meant hotel stays, etc)

And she wanted to be able to call a taxi to go to the doctor when they got too frail to drive, instead of having to rely on the kindness of her neighbors

It’s not just young people who prefer cities

The big problem is that intermediate cities are shrinking

darkpaladin t1_itps95m wrote on October 25, 2022 at 12:45 PM

That could be a happy middle ground, try and offload from major cities to smaller cities until the cost of living balances out.

Chroderos t1_itqx2ui wrote on October 25, 2022 at 5:26 PM

College towns are what you are looking for.

therapist122 t1_itrc6yg wrote on October 25, 2022 at 7:02 PM

Yep walkability and public transit are godsends for the disabled and elderly. Let's you have independence. It doesn't have to be just cities, suburbs could be this way too but we build everything for car dependency.