> People are still going to want to live in places that have services, entertainment, and so on, so this isn't going to gut cities, but it will make living in the sticks more plausible.

The mass exodus already happened.

Everybody who wanted to leave what they thought was overpriced pretty much already did.

We might see some continuation - but given that companies are trying to claw back as much remote work as possible - I'm skeptical.