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You're right, things will move on, and I am not (personally) all that worried. Nor are the creditors who can afford to eat a loss.

My concern is more about the ripple effects. Many low-skilled workers rely on service work, and servicing corporate real estate is a real industry (janitorial services, managerial duties, parking lot attendants, plumbers, even construction). They are already having a pretty hard time of it, and if this industry vanishes, "moving on" may mean going out on the streets. San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, and San Diego have enough homeless already.



The same effects which will drop commercial office real estate prices will drop commercial residential prices and thus their rents.

And, if it doesn't, in the absence of work they always have the option of moving somewhere with a more attractive income to cost of living ratio.

Much harder for a company to up and move than an individual or a family.


Someone who is just getting by doesn’t have the option of simply moving their family.




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