[rohit2412]

Yeah that's a dynamic I can't understand. Most software professionals talk about relocating away from the cities the first chance they get, but everybody else is rushing to the same cities that only software developers seem to be able to afford.

This dynamic extends beyond usa. Even in India, doctors command high salaries in rural areas, often 2-3x what they can in metropolitan cities.

[novok]

I think people are more talking about working towns and cities that aren't SF levels of prices, which can be non rural towns of +100k people.

[RandallBrown]

"Most" is probably not the case at all.

I have several friends who talk about moving somewhere cheaper, but way more of them are perfectly happy to live in an awesome city with lots of stuff to do.

[aflag]

The software engineers talk about it, but they never do it. Romanticising about moving to a simpler place is very different from actually doing it.

A developer is even more relocatable than the doctor. You can still work for a major company and you still have the big city market open to you, even if you live in a small town. Whereas for a doctor it's a major career change.