[doteka]

The vast majority of even the developed world is nothing like SF. In particular, for most people outside major capitals buying a house and raising a family is very doable.

> spending all day every day in the comfort of their home

This may sound good to you, it definitely doesn’t sound good to an extrovert. If that was my prospects for the rest of my life, I’d likely shoot myself.

[NeverFade]

> The vast majority of even the developed world is nothing like SF.

For American workers, most tech hubs are SF or very similar to it, in terms of CoL. SF, LA, Seattle, Manhattan, etc.

> it definitely doesn’t sound good to an extrovert

Engineers tend to be introverted.

[saiya-jin]

America (as in US) is cca 5% of the world population. Engineers can be introverted, their managers (and their) not so much.