armchairlawyer wrote: ↑Fri Nov 12, 2021 1:35 pm This artcile explains why the mismanagement of the city and the effects of Covid on office occupancy makes the future look gloomy.
Not sure if you have to register (free) to read the article.

https://app.hedgeye.com/insights/107642 ... oming-back

xandreu wrote: ↑Fri Nov 12, 2021 1:55 pm I don't have time to read the article right now but I think we're witnessing the death of many things we always took for granted. The world is changing very quickly. Covid has shown everyone just how much can be done online from the comfort of their own homes, from shopping to work to socialising... it has also laid bare to many people just how soul destroying their work was and despite Covid beginning to come to an end, people just aren't prepared to go back to how life was before. A record number of people have quit their jobs, especially the lower paid jobs, as they seek a better quality of life or at least a better work / life balance. Shops and offices are closing everywhere as the world of work and shopping has moved online.

New York has been particularly badly hit but I think it's a sign of things to come for pretty much everywhere.

Chad Sexington wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:19 am

xandreu wrote: ↑Fri Nov 12, 2021 1:55 pm I don't have time to read the article right now but I think we're witnessing the death of many things we always took for granted. The world is changing very quickly. Covid has shown everyone just how much can be done online from the comfort of their own homes, from shopping to work to socialising... it has also laid bare to many people just how soul destroying their work was and despite Covid beginning to come to an end, people just aren't prepared to go back to how life was before. A record number of people have quit their jobs, especially the lower paid jobs, as they seek a better quality of life or at least a better work / life balance. Shops and offices are closing everywhere as the world of work and shopping has moved online.

New York has been particularly badly hit but I think it's a sign of things to come for pretty much everywhere.

Shopping, working and socializing from home, what a fucking miserable existence for people. Computers and the internet are slowly but surely bringing the end of humanity.
At least those empty tall buildings in New York will come in handy for folk to throw themselves off.

xandreu wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 12:48 pm

Chad Sexington wrote: ↑Thu Nov 18, 2021 11:19 am

xandreu wrote: ↑Fri Nov 12, 2021 1:55 pm I don't have time to read the article right now but I think we're witnessing the death of many things we always took for granted. The world is changing very quickly. Covid has shown everyone just how much can be done online from the comfort of their own homes, from shopping to work to socialising... it has also laid bare to many people just how soul destroying their work was and despite Covid beginning to come to an end, people just aren't prepared to go back to how life was before. A record number of people have quit their jobs, especially the lower paid jobs, as they seek a better quality of life or at least a better work / life balance. Shops and offices are closing everywhere as the world of work and shopping has moved online.

New York has been particularly badly hit but I think it's a sign of things to come for pretty much everywhere.

Shopping, working and socializing from home, what a fucking miserable existence for people. Computers and the internet are slowly but surely bringing the end of humanity.
At least those empty tall buildings in New York will come in handy for folk to throw themselves off.

I know what you mean. But it does have it's pros as well as cons. Have you never wanted to just simply press a button and switch someone off?