re: Will this century see a return to the suburbs?

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While it won't ever be the 1990s era of Pulte/DR Horton/etc mass production builds

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Don’t know where you reside but DR Horton, Level and DSLD are standing up sticks as fast as they can sell them in the suburbs around BR. Level has some upscale developments but the other two are just cookie-cutter boxes.

You will definitely see people fleeing the city for the burbs. But I think you will see a mass exodus of upper middle class from Northern states to southern states.

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Remote work may have some effect on it, but most people still want to be near things to do.

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I think remote work could have a monumental impact on the landscape of population trends. I'm wondering if it won't spark a reinvigoration of small towns to a degree.

We might well see "moving for a job" become a thing of the past.

One of the impacts of Covid is that it has thrown back the curtain on how much money corporations waste on things like business travel and in-person meetings, not to mention showing that most workers can be just as productive telecommuting, if not moreso.

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the suburbs?

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Mars?

People are still moving to the suburbs in mass, especially middle to upper income people. It's just more common now for people not to have kids. Suburbs serve a demand for people who work white collar or high skilled jobs in the city and want to raise their kids in a slightly quieter and safer place. They're not going anywhere.