[ChatGTP]

I'd be doing it if I wanted to keep my job? It's a short flight from Austin back to San.

[acdha]

A “short flight” still means a few hundred dollars and 5+ hours traveling unless you live in the airports, and maintaining a second house is going to exhaust that tiny relocation sum very quickly. Anyone with a family would be effectively be asking their partner to become a single parent, which is a huge burden.

[redserk]

There are so many costs involved that this is a non-starter for a lot of people.

I would not want to fly back and forth on my own dime to satisfy my company. Not to mention, uprooting family/social networks/etc.