[cman1444]

This is the first time I've heard of this locational jobs crisis. Where did you learn about this? I would like to read more about it

[cyberax]

There is not a lot of good literature, actually.

I'm not saying anything even remotely factually controversial. Housing units per household: https://fred.stlouisfed.org/graph/?g=15tRv

It's also not controversial that major job density increases are happening in a few select metros: https://www.route-fifty.com/workforce/2019/06/job-density-re... or if you look more broadly, that smaller cities in the US are dying out.

I simply arrived at a different conclusion: we don't need to continue deepening this death spiral by "building more".

[cman1444]

That st louis fed link doesn't seem to show any clear trend to me. Looks like we're actually on a downturn after a peak.

Regardless, I don't understand what your proposed solution to this supposed "jobs crisis" is.

[cyberax]

It's a bit misleading because the Y axis is not starting at 0.

> Regardless, I don't understand what your proposed solution to this supposed "jobs crisis" is.

Tax the dense office space, or do cap&trade. Incentivize remote work. Treat commute time as work time. Prohibit dense housing except in special cases (university campuses, military bases, senior living, etc.). Promote and subsidize self-driving cars.