Re: Beckwith, I am not in a position to question the results he cites in order to rebut "myths" 2 & 3. However, I doubt that this research can tell us what the chilling effect of the new laws will have, by inducing a climate of fear around voting. Think of the woman actually recently sentenced to prison for casting a provisional ballot; how many others will say "I'm not sure of my voting status, I'm not going to take a chance by trying to vote"?
I am doubting the degree to which true telecommuting, by which I mean workers having the choice to live well beyond commute distance is going to expand after the pandemic year. Most of the folks I know who have been working from home, have received notices, that the post-pandemic workplace will be a hybrid workplace, with two or three days still required in the office. So much of the new telecommuting will be part-time, and the freedom to take advantage of cheap housing available at a great distance won't significantly expand. This will maintain the large cost of living premium associated with working in any of the major tech-hubs.
Re: Beckwith, I am not in a position to question the results he cites in order to rebut "myths" 2 & 3. However, I doubt that this research can tell us what the chilling effect of the new laws will have, by inducing a climate of fear around voting. Think of the woman actually recently sentenced to prison for casting a provisional ballot; how many others will say "I'm not sure of my voting status, I'm not going to take a chance by trying to vote"?
I am doubting the degree to which true telecommuting, by which I mean workers having the choice to live well beyond commute distance is going to expand after the pandemic year. Most of the folks I know who have been working from home, have received notices, that the post-pandemic workplace will be a hybrid workplace, with two or three days still required in the office. So much of the new telecommuting will be part-time, and the freedom to take advantage of cheap housing available at a great distance won't significantly expand. This will maintain the large cost of living premium associated with working in any of the major tech-hubs.