[cameldrv]

Because there are only a small portion of jobs that can effectively be done remotely.

A few long-term trends I see driving the move to big cities are:

1. Jobs are becoming more specialized, and so it's more difficult to find every specialty you need for many businesses in a smaller town.

2. There are many more two earner households. In the past, many people would conduct a job search over a wide area and move the family for the man's new job. If the woman already has a job she likes, especially one that would be hard to replace in another town, the couple is much less likely to move for a job opportunity.

3. Businesses know this and have noticed that it has become harder to recruit people to move to a smaller "company town" for an opportunity. They therefore have tended to locate new operations in bigger cities.

[paganel]

Case number 2 applies to my situation, as I’ve been able to work remote for almost half a year now but my gf has to be in the office.