[tharkun__]

I think he makes a few very good points, though the title and main story seem geared more towards making people not agree with him.

I couldn't agree more with him on the points that immediately stood out for me.

For him and his co-workers a short commute is one of the top deciders for what makes a great office. And we're talking DEC Alpha times here for the 'bad traffic' he cites. That's a big one for me too. I wouldn't mind going to an office if I can reach it in 5 minutes from the school (which is already a commute on its own). I wouldn't mind an older building if you give me more space than a desk that barely fits one monitor, the laptop and maybe a few inches behind my chair (OK I'm exaggerating a bit but look at WeWork: when two people sit at their desks on opposite sides of a wall, i.e. their chairs are 'facing' each other, there's not enough space to fit another chair through between them). I can do without the creepy crawly infestation he mentions. That'd be a killer.

I don't want to live in a condo tower. I don't want everyone to commute to the same place ("downtown") for work in the morning and back out in the evening. That creates total grid lock chaos. I don't want millions of people crammed into a small area. That breeds a lot of problems on so many levels. If you ask me, the whole "densification" thing going on everywhere is not making things better.