[abeppu]

I think a lot of people had this thought in passing. But

- a lot of space that was empty was still under long term commercial leases

- there was less demand to live in some of the cities that had a glut of office space, and especially those neighborhoods

- would a lot of office buildings even make good residential buildings? I don't think this could be a fast or cheap conversion in most cases

[beeboop]

In Seattle there is plenty of office space that was previously residential. Seems likely that this happens everywhere. I'm sure changing it back wouldn't be too bad.