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> no good jobs

Remote work is definitely a thing now.

> where the climate sucks

Like Boston, Chicago, Seattle, and countless other hellholes that the Urbanite loves nonetheless? The weather sucks, in different ways, pretty much everywhere other than the California coast. Most parts of the Mountain West are much more pleasant than most cities.

> no interesting things to do outside

Good point. A postage-stamp-sized overcrowded city park with human feces and needles is definitely preferable to actual nature.