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Message: <blockquote data-quote="billd91" data-source="post: 8471696" data-attributes="member: 3400"><p>Same reason so many tech companies are in the Bay Area despite the ferocious costs - personal networking and amenities. It's a lot easier to job-hop if you live/work among corporations looking for similar skill sets and have colleagues at multiple companies. And living in Nowheresville, Great Plains/Rustbelt, even if you were allowed to work remotely, is attractive to whom now? Sure, the cost of living is a lot cheaper but you get what you pay for. The bigger urban centers of the coasts are a lot more attractive for a lot of people because there's more to do that's interesting and stimulating, more diversity in places to go and restaurants to eat at, more interesting things happen, and generally less frigid winters. And, in part because they're so attractive, they tend to cost more.</p></blockquote><p></p>