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Who wants to actively avoid city centers? The Unabomber? I live on the outskirts of a small city in a small state and happily drive to Boston an hour away for culture, sports, etc. I would love it to be closer. I don’t know too many people nowadays who are afraid of or resistant to going to cities.

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Me, for example. In the last five years living in north Austin, I've been downtown less than 10 times. That's on purpose. I've declined interviews for companies because their offices are downtown (and they required some portion of regular in-office presence). I'm not afraid of downtown, but certainly resistant to being there. I don't want to go down for dinner, much less live there.

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