Everyone I know who has moved upstate has done it because they can work remotely as a software engineer, and they are either from there, or just like the qualit

Everyone I know who has moved upstate has done it because they can work remotely as a software engineer, and they are either from there, or just like the quality of life / cost of living balance. So, I would say the availability of remote work rather than industry. There's obviously a significant sample bias in the above.