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I don't think anyone who works remote starts in Nashville then goes to NYC on some thought they could get a salary increase to cover. I may be misunderstanding

I don't think anyone who works remote starts in Nashville then goes to NYC on some thought they could get a salary increase to cover. I may be misunderstanding what you're saying, but people definitely move from places like Nashville (where I live now) to places like SF and NYC (where I'm moving next year) to increase their salary. No one pays devs mid-six-figures in Nashville, but you can make that in SF and NYC (not easily, but possible).

dceddia 9y ago
That makes lots of sense if you're working onsite in those places. I think the parent was saying that if someone is already working remotely, it seems odd to move to a high CoL area to increase their remote salary vs. staying put and just finding a better-paying remote job.