[outerspace]

I think there is a straightforward solution to the housing crisis, and it’s not building more houses and squeezing more and more people into the same limited space. At least for Big Tech, which seems to be the focus of the problem, the solution would be telecommuting. As a software engineer, there is no reason whatsoever for me to go to an office. I can do whatever I do from anywhere in the world as long as I have a decent internet connection. Yet I’m forced to live in an expensive place just because of some old pre-hitech mentality that expects me to be in an office.

[helen___keller]

> At least for Big Tech, which seems to be the focus of the problem, the solution would be telecommuting.

I like to call this the "thoughts and prayers" solution - we offer thoughts and prayers that big tech will suddenly de-prioritize having butts in their HQ and that demand will greatly drop as a result.