1. This is a really good thread on remote work (via @DKThomp). My hunch is like many things remote work will divide by cohort ... https://twitter.com/sytses/status/1264341436138270720

2. The trend will sort of follow the young people to cities, families to the suburbs divide.

3. More established workers with strong professional networks; workers with families, esp those who wish to spend more time with their kids, & who want more space in more affordable communities will be very attracted to remote work.

4. These are the same people in the family & family formation years that have typically headed from the urban center to the suburbs. Remote work enables them to expand their search to other metros.

5. But young talented people who are embarking on their careers & need to develop their personal professional networks will continue to head to cities. In cramped quarters with roommates they have no where to work. They will need some place not just to work ...

6. But as a base to build up their professional network. That can be a company office or a revamped co-working space. Nearly every single successful professional in finance, tech, media, etc.I have talked to has told me the same thing ...

7. Their career advancement has turned on their professional networks. So younger workers will continue to head to urban clusters of these industries and in doing so will need somewhere outside of cramped apartments to work.

8. Side note: Urban centers is also where they build their personal relationships & find their partners in thick mating markets.

9. So the remote work/office work divide will mirror the longer-standing split between younger singles and families with children ...

10. This is not so much a new trend or massive disruption. But a very quick acceleration of an existing one. The Covid crisis has turned a series of 3-5 year trends into 3-5 month trends.