Forget the 'death of downtowns' — we're about to experience the Big City Renaissance

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City downtowns aren't doomed — the rise of remote work is about to spark the Big City Renaissance.

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America's great cities are in a precarious spot.

Your work's favorite happy hour spot wants you to come back to the office. Here's how remote work is costing big-city restaurants and bars billions.

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The rise of remote and hybrid work is hurting bars and restaurants in major cities.

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Google tells employees in its Cloud unit to share desks and attend the office on alternate days

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A Google office in San Francisco, California.

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Yelp workers flocked to Texas and Florida from New York and San Francisco after the company went fully remote

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CEO Jeremy Stoppelman is a vocal advocate of remote work.

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Amazon will require corporate employees to work in the office at least three days per week starting in May

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Kara Swisher and Amazon President and CEO Andy Jassy speak onstage during Vox Media's 2022 Code Conference.

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VIRTUAL ASSISTANTS: How to start your own business, create a flexible schedule, and make six figures in revenue

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Twitter shut down 2 of its 3 offices in India and asked staff to work from home, report says — even though owner Elon Musk is a huge advocate of in-office working

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Elon Musk shut down two of three Twitter offices in India located in Delhi and Mumbai.

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I'm a former teacher who booked more than $242,000 in sales last year with my vending-machine business. Here's how I built my company.

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Crystal Warren owns Vending Factory, a vending-machine business.
Crystal Warren owns Vending Factory, a vending-machine business.

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Offices across the US are at least half full for the first time since before the pandemic, new data shows

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Offices are now at least half full for the first time since the pandemic.

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Remote work hasn't actually saved Americans much time — they're mainly just working more

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