Brave New Real Estate

Adapting to our post-urban mindset: Lost cities and the rise of rural luxury

Episode Summary

This episode explores two of the biggest side effects of the COVID 19 pandemic. The acceleration of remote work and the migration of city dwellers to less dense places and what that means for design, communication, and the new stories we need to tell.

Episode Notes

Redfin Data: https://www.redfin.com/blog/pandemic-causes-rural-suburbs-home-price-increase/

NY Post: https://nypost.com/2020/08/11/new-yorkers-flee-nyc-in-droves/

NPR, 'Zoom Towns And The New Housing Market For The 2 Americas':
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2020/09/08/909680016/zoom-towns-and-the-new-housing-market-for-the-2-americas

HBR, 'Do we really need an office': https://hbr.org/cover-story/2020/07/do-we-really-need-the-office
 

Morgan Stanley, 'How Work From Home May work for Investors':
https://www.morganstanley.com/ideas/coronavirus-work-from-home-trend

National Park Visitation records: https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1207/2019-visitation-numbers.htm

Luxry Portfolio,The Great wellness surge: https://issuu.com/turpinrealtors/docs/lpi_thegreatwellnesssurge_lr

Airbnb, August Company message: https://news.airbnb.com/work-from-anywhere-how-airbnb-guests-are-approaching-remote-working/

Real Dea, 'Only 8% of NYC back': https://therealdeal.com/2020/08/14/whos-returning-to-the-office-almost-no-one/

We Work On Demand: https://www.wework.com/workspace/on-demand
Breather: https://breather.com/
Kibbo: https://www.kibbo.com/


WSJ, 'Putting Urban commuters on Bicycles':
https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-accelerates-plans-to-put-urban-commuters-on-bicycles-11596208490

Serenbe: https://serenbe.com/
Agritopia: http://agritopia.com/
Hudson Woods: https://hudsonwoods.com/
Splinter Creek: https://splintercreekms.com/

NYT, 'Something Special is Happening in Rural America':
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/opinion/rural-america.html

NYT, 'A New Style of Country House takes root':
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/11/realestate/sustainable-design-hudson-valley-connecticut.html