I agree. Thinking about it, I made a conscious choice to stay at my current job in the east coast for this reason. (Nett money I could save was higher even with

I agree. Thinking about it, I made a conscious choice to stay at my current job in the east coast for this reason. (Nett money I could save was higher even with a lower pay than bay area). But, the impact of such variation only contributed to some decisions like mine, but not viability of jobs. I wonder what impact having access to viable H1B labor force would do for CA and expensive cities vs rest of the US.