• ErmahgherdDavid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    5 days ago

    They do get it but they don’t care. They want you to be uncomfortable and miserable because it keeps up the value of their commercial real estate portfolio .

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      Also tax breaks. Many large corpos negotiated city tax breaks for bringing a certain number of employees into downtowns. If those numbers don’t meet minimums, the tax breaks go away.
      Any we all know how much time, effort and expense a business person will go through to avoid paying $1 in taxes.

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      It makes sense, but what would be even more valuable for real estate is if we gave up on crampt open plan offices and give people some space 😅