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[quote=Anonymous]Neighbor works for a big fed agency. They're still WFH full time for most staff, however, the other day my neighbor just stated that they're considering a 'hotel' style kind of office space for anyone who wants to use the office, but management doesn't envision office use at the agency he works at ever going back to the way it was.  Mangament even suggested that future hirees would be offered to WFH from wherever and that employees may eventually be given the option for permanent remote work.

The point being here that if this huge agency is considering a decenralized model, and this model also offers up the opportunity for the Federal govt to save huge amounts of money by not paying leases for office space and all of the costs associated with running offices, what is the fate of the DMV if more agencies do the same?

All you hear are people bragging that the DMV is 'recession resistant' because Feds are located here. And all people in the region do is brag about how their homes values never go down because the govt is located here.  Well, what happens when the govt starts to not have to be located here?  If this trend takes off big time, I feel like it'd mean other big ideas like Thrive 2050 for MoCo would be a massive mistake.  They'll overdevelop the whole county based on assumptions that didn't pan out. Many people won't have to be tied down to this region if Fed agencies decentralize and people are free to go find much better opportunities for lower cost of living areas. The result will be a whole bunch of very expensive vacant housing that only helps to crater property values and the county wasted billions in development on Thrive.  The tax base would crumble too if feds are allowed to decentralize. The DMV would no longer be resistant to recessions either.[/quote]

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