The article notes that the US overall office vacancy rate is 23%. Seattle is 37%.

Have we reached "peak office" at last?

How many people in offices does society really need, anyway?

rhyperior 26 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Could be Seattle tax/revenue policy. Bellevue WA, the only nearby comparable but smaller tech hub city, has 25% vacancy and expected to drop below 20% - according to Fable.

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piker an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

A lot if it wants to do interesting things.

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GroksBarnacles 42 minutes ago | parent [-]

Are you saying we need to be in the office and not remote to do interesting things?

Or are you misunderstanding the context and talking about employment or something?

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piker 27 minutes ago | parent [-]

Yes. I think remote works for a lot of people, but at a societal level we need real-time in person collaboration among a large swath of society to accomplish interesting tasks. I say that as someone who works entirely from home and really enjoys it.

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