Quote:
Originally Posted by llamaorama
If you could work from home part time, why live in a location a couple hours drive from NY which is pretty but which is also suboptimal(isn’t that region quite depressed economically?) in many ways while still near the city you don’t need to be close to?
A medium sized town, especially an old college town, be vastly preferable for someone who wanted a bucolic atmosphere but who wanted some services and amenities? Or just move to a different city that’s still urbane but not severely inconvenient the way Manhattan can be?
|
I don't think any of these scenarios is broadly realistic (from Manhattan to backwoods, or from Manhattan to a random college town or smaller city), but the latter option defeats the whole purpose behind social distancing.
People are (or were) hiding out in their weekend homes to temporarily get away from everyone and everything else. Everything was shut down, and you weren't supposed to be around non-related humans. So hiding in a Catskills or Berkshires cabin makes a lot of sense, especially if you have kids, and there's no school and everyone is telecommuting. I don't see people making these homes their permanent residences, though.
But moving to an ostensibly vibrant college town or medium-sized city completely defeats the purpose. If you're truly fearful of transient social interaction, you derive no benefit to moving to such a place. College towns are generally transient, international and pedestrian-oriented. Medium sized cities have the same pandemic-related issues as larger cities. If you aren't scared of other humans, why are you moving in the first place?