[dandanqu82]

They say cost of living, but it’s more cost of labor. If you are a software engineer on this island, and the salaries for software engineering jobs there are a third of your salary because there is no tech industry, you will be paid significantly less. You don’t have opportunities to get a job that pays your old salary or more.

[cableshaft]

True, we didn't have anywhere near as many opportunities before, but if remote work becomes more and more the norm (especially in the wake of the pandemic), then we will have more opportunities to find work elsewhere, despite living in a region with less in-person job opportunities.