"Comparing the economic, social, and built characteristics of Toronto to New York City suggests why Toronto’s recovery is lagging. One quarter of Toronto’s downtown workforce is in professional, scientific, and technical services – a category that comprises law, accounting, advertising, architecture, and consulting firms, as well as computer systems design – i.e., the types of firms where highly skilled professionals work alone productively, and thus continue to allow remote work. In comparison, just 18% of downtown workers in New York are in this sector. Conversely, only 5% of Toronto’s downtown workforce is in public administration and support, compared to 14% in New York. Both cities are diverse relative to others in North America; it’s just that Toronto is not diverse enough."
S.F. snd Toronto (source of the study) are largely professional, work-from-home cities.
https://notthebee.com/article/and-here-i-thought-id-already-shared-the-craziest-chicago-video-today-
The Rest of the Story: The study details
https://www.schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/news/why-downtown-sf%E2%80%99s-covid-19-pandemic-recovery-dead-last-nation-karen-chapple-writes
"Comparing the economic, social, and built characteristics of Toronto to New York City suggests why Toronto’s recovery is lagging. One quarter of Toronto’s downtown workforce is in professional, scientific, and technical services – a category that comprises law, accounting, advertising, architecture, and consulting firms, as well as computer systems design – i.e., the types of firms where highly skilled professionals work alone productively, and thus continue to allow remote work. In comparison, just 18% of downtown workers in New York are in this sector. Conversely, only 5% of Toronto’s downtown workforce is in public administration and support, compared to 14% in New York. Both cities are diverse relative to others in North America; it’s just that Toronto is not diverse enough."
S.F. snd Toronto (source of the study) are largely professional, work-from-home cities.
New York isn't.