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Unless you want to live in an area where entertainment and restaurants and specialized healthcare and all the other good things are plentiful.

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I don’t know why you’re being downvoted, this is true.

However, as a suburbanite, I have no problem “commuting” to entertainment in the city once every weekend, when previously I had to commute 5 times a week for work. And when I go to the city, it’s a day full of fun/activities because I know I’m not coming back for a week. You can get the best of both worlds that way.

The suburbs aren’t necessarily a low cost of living area, especially suburbs of SF, NY, Seattle, etc. The LCOL areas would be more rural or non-coastal states in general.

It’s all relative. They’re LCOL on a per square foot basis, if you have a family or otherwise need more space.

depend on your social circle. I can barely get my local pals together for lunch once a week. no chance I can arrange a getaway downtown without planning weeks in advance.

The first two are more important when you are young and single. Junior employees working onsite in urban areas does seem to make the most sense.

They seem to be just as important when you‘re not single, maybe even more. Also the type of entertainment may change, but I think people like this at all ages.

Everyone likes those things but if the way to get it is to live in a shoebox or send your kids to bad schools to accomplish it the price doesn’t seem as worth it. Yuppies getting married and moving to the suburbs to raise kids a pretty common eventuality.

Or will those services/businesses pop up in new areas due to the shifting population?

Yep, that stuff only exists in New York, London and the SF Bay Area.

St Louis, Eindhoven and Bordeaux do not have hospitals, good restaurants and entertainment.

Metro areas are more expensive than rural areas. No reason to jump to extremes.

Fair. But in the context of remote tech work, SFBA salaries & costs of living is usually what’s being compared to, and you can get all that stuff in places that are not rural at all (such as the cities I mentioned) at a way lower cost of living.

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