I'd like to extend the question for engineers not in the Bay Area or other hubs. I've been approached by recruiters, but they generally back off once they find

I'd like to extend the question for engineers not in the Bay Area or other hubs. I've been approached by recruiters, but they generally back off once they find out I'm not willing to move to San Fransisco. I understand that there are more jobs there but it seems like recruiters don't want to acknowledge that the rest of the country exists. If I could find a software job out here in flyover country, you'd think that the professionals could too.