Bluebonnets and Big Cities
Two weeks ago we came up with the idea of going to Ennis, Texas to see the bluebonnets. It turns out Ennis does not want people coming to see the bluebonnets in the middle of a pandemic. So, it was another weekend at home in Dallas. I could travel to Ennis through these photos from a couple years back.
There's a good bit of discussion on Twitter about whether people will still want to live in dense places after we emerge. It has occurred to me we are lucky to live in a place where social distancing isn't as hard as it would be in a city like New York.
No one knows what the long-term impact will be, but I'd bet people will be afraid of mass transit for some time, globalization will be in retreat, remote work will increase and wearing masks will be a new normal.
That said, we've been hearing about the reasons why people don't need to live in cities anymore for a long time. The internet meant people could live anywhere, and people chose cities. Maybe New York gets a little smaller, but they are offering remote workers $10K to move to Tulsa and the population, as of 2018, was on the decline.
If remote work is on the increase, whether they be in cities of 100,000 or 10 million, walkable neighborhoods that make it easy to be around people will continue to be in demand.
With rain on the way, we headed out for exercise this morning wondering whether we would get wet. Some days you get lucky. Here are a few photos from the bike ride. I have to say, Ennis doesn't look bad from here and Tulsa just might become convincing.
There's a good bit of discussion on Twitter about whether people will still want to live in dense places after we emerge. It has occurred to me we are lucky to live in a place where social distancing isn't as hard as it would be in a city like New York.
No one knows what the long-term impact will be, but I'd bet people will be afraid of mass transit for some time, globalization will be in retreat, remote work will increase and wearing masks will be a new normal.
That said, we've been hearing about the reasons why people don't need to live in cities anymore for a long time. The internet meant people could live anywhere, and people chose cities. Maybe New York gets a little smaller, but they are offering remote workers $10K to move to Tulsa and the population, as of 2018, was on the decline.
If remote work is on the increase, whether they be in cities of 100,000 or 10 million, walkable neighborhoods that make it easy to be around people will continue to be in demand.
With rain on the way, we headed out for exercise this morning wondering whether we would get wet. Some days you get lucky. Here are a few photos from the bike ride. I have to say, Ennis doesn't look bad from here and Tulsa just might become convincing.
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