[arthurgibson]

I'm going to target in on "bad life choice", most people end up where family are, especially if they have kids, schools are good, jobs are available. I don't think anyone who works remote starts in Nashville then goes to NYC on some thought they could get a salary increase to cover.

[ryanwaggoner]

I don't think anyone who works remote starts in Nashville then goes to NYC on some thought they could get a salary increase to cover.

I may be misunderstanding what you're saying, but people definitely move from places like Nashville (where I live now) to places like SF and NYC (where I'm moving next year) to increase their salary.

No one pays devs mid-six-figures in Nashville, but you can make that in SF and NYC (not easily, but possible).

[dceddia]

That makes lots of sense if you're working onsite in those places. I think the parent was saying that if someone is already working remotely, it seems odd to move to a high CoL area to increase their remote salary vs. staying put and just finding a better-paying remote job.