Gus Haynes
Active Member
^Okay but only if you take the office next to my annoying coworker who will attempt to talk to you about Rebel News headlines and Tucker Carlson clips all day.
At this point, I'll take it. As the younglings of today will say: I'll do it for the plot^Okay but only if you take the office next to my annoying coworker who will attempt to talk to you about Rebel News headlines and Tucker Carlson clips all day.
I think these, along with companies desire to have lower rent costs is the main driver behind leaving downtown. People hate commuting, but they want their large single family homes that we have subsidized on the outer ring of our city. Blaming "safety" is a convenient excuse when the fact is the benefits of being downtown are now outweighed by lower costs and fewer commutes. IMO, this was inevitable when we completed the Henday and someone from the north end can commute to an office in South Common as quickly as they can get downtown, its just a slow change. I agree that we seriously need to consider how to make downtown more appealing to change the conversation, but I will always take a company's press releases with a grain of salt. With how long it takes to move, I bet APAGA was already working on this move before safety even entered the public conversation.Sample sizes and all that, but of my coworkers who work hybrid arrangements (i.e. downtown and at their respective homes), none of them cite "safety" as their reason for wanting to work at home. They all cite getting a break from annoying coworkers and wasting time commuting to and from work. I'm in that camp: I like downtown, I come downtown for entertainment/movies/restaurants/etc, but I wouldn't come into the office at all if I had any choice.
...tenetsCheap, easy, quick - the tenants of a great society.
I would have thought the same, but I just checked and Ontario's Professional Engineers association is located in the outer half of Toronto, and BC's is located in Burnaby. Neither are located centrally or even in their capital cities. Don't know if that perception matches reality.Many are Downtown as well as there, but an industry assoc. and government lobby is best near the leg and city hall... or in most cities.
Damn, you're right. Not sure how that slipped my brain, I was thinking Ottawa. Maybe I should defend myself by blaming my Alberta first bias.Toronto is the Provincial Capitol/Capital of Ontario.
I don't know how long they have been there, but at one time wasn't where there are actually another city and not part of the City of Toronto?Damn, you're right. Not sure how that slipped my brain, I was thinking Ottawa. Maybe I should defend myself by blaming my Alberta first bias.
The point that it's not located in the core still stands.