I'm glad to see innovation in this space. I work remotely as an ML engineer in a "Main Street"-ish city (not really, but it's a middle-class city with a reasona

I'm glad to see innovation in this space. I work remotely as an ML engineer in a "Main Street"-ish city (not really, but it's a middle-class city with a reasonably affordable COL that's part of a large MSA). Remote work has generally delivered on all its promised benefits for me. I make much more money than I would if I got a job in the city where I live, and my apartment is much nicer than what I could afford if I still lived in the Bay area. I had hoped to move somewhere with great access to the outdoors (this is what initially made me interested in remote work), but ultimately ended up moving for relationship reasons and had to give up the outdoor mecca dream for the time being. Now, I'm thinking of going back to office life. Since taking the remote plunge I've struggled with loneliness and anxiety about career stasis, and haven't been able to find a critical mass of educated, ambitious, like-minded friends where I now live. There's a tremendous opportunity for whoever can make it easier to build and find in-person communities of ambitious remote/satellite workers. Offices and cities are blunt instruments for matching people on ambition and education/intelligence. If it were easier to find and integrate into smaller (but equally ambitious) hubs, it would make remote work a more attractive option for many more people. Feel free to get in touch if you'd like to speak more on this subject.