Plus all that foot traffic in the business districts, where nobody lives btw because of dumb zoning laws, will increase the real estate value because of the ancillary businesses that arise in that district to serve that stream of people.
When people stop going into those business districts those smaller ancillary businesses, like the shops and restaurants, will of course go bankrupt first. Which in turn will lower the value of those offices. And since the companies that own those building are using that real estate value to secure loans, they will be put at risk. It’s basically a house of cards that will collapse. Simply because people are working remotely and outdated zoning laws.
It’s why San Francisco’s business district is turning into a ghost town.
Plus all that foot traffic in the business districts, where nobody lives btw because of dumb zoning laws, will increase the real estate value because of the ancillary businesses that arise in that district to serve that stream of people.
When people stop going into those business districts those smaller ancillary businesses, like the shops and restaurants, will of course go bankrupt first. Which in turn will lower the value of those offices. And since the companies that own those building are using that real estate value to secure loans, they will be put at risk. It’s basically a house of cards that will collapse. Simply because people are working remotely and outdated zoning laws.
It’s why San Francisco’s business district is turning into a ghost town.
Not to mention most modern office buildings can’t be converted into what is actually useful—housing. They need to be simply scrapped and replace.
If we adopted more mixed use zoning, there wouldn’t be this juggling act and waste. Cities could adapt to needs.
Well put. I hope this reconfigures cities to be more people oriented and forces better zoning.