Like NY and SF, they’ll do it when it’s the only option in the city and the alternative is a one to two hour commute each way.
However, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a serious market for downtown units. DINKS and single Yuppies are good targets provided downtown generates the high-end jobs in density.
A density of high-end jobs are required so that the DINKS and Yuppies, that in reality are the ones living in SF nd NY downtown, can be, just like SF & NY, only there 50% of the time or less. The rest they’re in Cabo, Jamaica, Vail, ad nausuem.
