"Normal" for me is an office job 30-60 minutes of driving away in some suburb, and aside from the most disruptive months of the pandemic I never really left it (occasional WFH but never full remote). If there were tech jobs downtown that suited me it would have a tremendous impact on my carbon footprint, but there aren't and never have been.

Heck, if my workplace office could be downtown I'd be commuting by bus daily and my car would sit unused 99% of days. Urban downtown offices aren't the enemy of environmentalism nearly as much as business parks in the middle of nowhere (just in spots along highways, etc) are.