You can see this in the recent selections of places like Amazon HQ2. Under the headlines there are big companies, huge organizations, doing extraordinary techni

You can see this in the recent selections of places like Amazon HQ2. Under the headlines there are big companies, huge organizations, doing extraordinary technical work that exist in places like Columbus Ohio, Oak Ridge Tennessee, Tri-Cities Washington, Northern Virginia, etc. The pay is good for the areas, the work is incredibly challenging and interesting, and the quality of living can be much much better than squeezing out living in a box in the Bay Area or NYC. In fact, Amazon HQ1 is in a more or less underserved city (Seattle) and Portland, OR ain't bad if you're on the West Coast.