@AndiMann I'm keeping my eyes open for stats on retention impact when more rural locations push the RTO button. That's meaningful for a lot of orgs like us that are located in a small town with a long-ish drive in for commuters.
@AndiMann In some cases, yes. In our specific case, not really.
Oxford doesn't have - and didn't have - the available housing stock to really pull people in during the pandemic. I'd love to see us become a popular town to move to for lifestyle reasons with remote work as a possibility, but that would take growth in affordable and mid-market housing.
At the same time, it's an amazing place to live. There's opportunity to be had for places like this if they lean in.
@davidseidl Bummer you did not see an influx - although we did here in Boulder and it is sort nuts to learn over a third of workers living in my town are remote workers. Coffeeshops here are like We Works!
@AndiMann Wow, that's a heck of a percentage. But I can see Boulder working that way. I keep nudging the community leaders I know to line Oxford up for that sort of opportunity. It would grow the tax base and bring even more things to our little college town!
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