True or False: "Without offices you’ll lose a place to escape from your home life."

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Peggy Noonan, "The Lonely Office Is Bad for America [:] Employees may like remote work, but it tends to break down both organizational and national culture," The Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2022; see also Justin Lahart, "How Can Big Cities Get Us to Live There (Again)? [:] The rise of hybrid work has impacted the economies of America’s downtowns. But in the long term, these less-crowded cities could lead to a new urban renaissance," The Wall Street Journal, July 29, 2022 5:30 am ET

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