> Since the developers who live in cheaper parts of the country/world are now, effectively, paid more than those who live expensive parts of the world, are they

> Since the developers who live in cheaper parts of the country/world are now, effectively, paid more than those who live expensive parts of the world, are they not incentivizing employees to move out of the big cities? They do a lot of that by creating satellite offices. But there's always some level of advantage to being closer to customers. Anecdotally, there's a non-trivial correlation level between people who like the breadth of activities available in the city and level of professional development.