I hope Melissa continues to find the fandom to be a source of surrogate family. It was nice to see the fandom’s outpouring of empathy and support after her tragic loss. It’s not the same, but since it seems to have given her some comfort, I hope that dynamic can be something special for her for a long time.
Good points. Regarding point 2, I think we’re going to see cities shift to trying to attract people rather than corporations.
Attracting an employer is now a less reliable way to attract their staff to a community.
I suspect we will soon find that policies that attract great grocery stores into a walkable neighborhoods are more effective for cities than implementing lax corporate tax policies.
Indeed. And work location is still only one of many reasons to prefer city life. Cinemas, grocery stores, bars, stadiums and playgrounds aren’t going to instantly spread into our most rural areas.
Well said. “Grasping at short term solutions beacuse they can’t see past the next quarterly financial reports” is at the root of a lot of problems today.
It irritates me that more investors and stock owners aren’t speaking up about it. We should all want our corporations to make better choices.
Anecdotally, (and perhaps unsurprisingly) the flip side of this has also proven true: Working somewhere with an open public commitment to work-from-home and hybrid work had has been great for recruiting and retaining desirable talent, particularly in Information Technology roles.
I had the same issue with the same solution after I moved my washer.
I didn’t previously know that it’s important to clamp the springs when moving a washer, otherwise the springs experience years of wear during one truck ride.
I replaced the springs and had a like-new washer again.