[pantalaimon]

> There is one way out of the housing price trap: telework plus ubiquitous broadband via things like 5G and Starlink.

I don’t buy that. People don’t like to live in cities primarily because of jobs, but because living in cities is fun. People like to be close to other people, exchange with others and their community.

Living in a small town sounds depressing to me, no matter how fast the internet connection might be.

Maybe if you create your own commune, bring in a social circle from the city. But that has a tendency to fall apart.

[mr_toad]

> People don’t like to live in cities primarily because of jobs, but because living in cities is fun.

This is mostly only true of younger childless people. Once you have kids you can forget about having any fun for the next 15 years or so. And after that, well, how many 45 year olds do you see in nightclubs?

[cyberdrunk]

Fun is more than nightclubs. Where I live, I have fun just by walking the streets, admiring the varied and pretty architecture (granted, I live in Poland), seeing the various characters which walk the streets, eating/having snacks at the many food outlets available etc. In a rural setting, you exchange all that for easy access to a lot of nature.

[api]

It's your choice. Trouble is that if you stay in a city under the current housing finance regime it will be a lot harder to build wealth. A lot will get eaten by rent or mortgage.