[mc32]

I’d say most manual jobs are not eligible for remote work.

One can’t flip burgers remotely, do landscaping remotely, manufacture goods remotely, do farm work remotely.

It’s a relative minority those who can work remotely.

One option is Japan or Austria where even low level staff earn a living wage, but where everything is expensive for just about everyone and there is high employment as well.

Of course most employers want to import a subclass of workers who don’t get paid a regular wage and are happy to offshore and or import cheap labor instead.

You can’t eat your cake and have it, if you want high pay and low underemployment.

[wooque]

Yes, but when remote workers (or laptop class as some people call it) move somewhere, the need for manual jobs increase as well, because those remote workers eat burgers, fix their teeth, do landscaping, etc. Moving remote workers to cheaper areas can enable manual workers to move as well, and could lead to more even urbanization.

This is in theory, but I think that, unfortunately, most remote workers don't move and choose to stay in expensive overcrowded areas anyway.