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Vaccination rates are rising in the US and the return to offices in sight.

But after more than a year of Zoom calls and Slack conversations,

most Americans are hoping that working from home will stick around.

There are certainly a lot of perks.

You get to skip your commute, maybe get to sleep more.

Some people even say remote work could usher in a renaissance for smaller cities in the Midwest.

Joining us today is Mark Miro, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

He's been looking into this idea.

Thank you so much for joining us today, Mark.

Absolutely.

So lots of people are excited by the idea that remote work will help revitalize beleaguered parts of the country.

What are people hoping will happen?

I think the idea is that talented, well-educated, often techy people will arrive in all kinds of places,

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