Where in the World Are People Back in the Office?

Subtitle: "A city’s density, the size of people’s homes and cultural norms are among the factors that affect hybrid work patterns."

Not surprised by that at all and interesting to see this article just after I posted this comment[1]

"Guess what, most of the knowledge workers live in dense cities with tiny apartments. Average flat sizes for various cities (sqft): Bangalore (1260), Singapore (667), Tokyo (710), Paris (520) etc. See this image for more details: https://files.buildworld.co.uk/average-home-size/03_Average-... To make it permanent remote would involve a huge restructuring of those societies and that cost is much greater than maintaining office towers."

Now the article also has numbers to back up their finding: "Densely populated cities, particularly in Asia, have tended to see higher return-to-office rates, often because people struggled to be productive in small apartments shared with many family members."

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37387404

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