One of the most important socio-economic shifts from the 1990s to the coronavirus pandemic was the “back to the city movement.”
Specifically, it was the rejuvenation of central cities after decades of being hollowed out by freeways, suburbanization, and employment fleeing to office “parks” and so-called Edge Cities (Bellevue, Washington, being a good example).
Cities with good bones were especially attractive to young talent.
