Salary is not the only payment. People accept those cuts, this means that those "ow paying areas" have something else to offer. Also, usually remote opportinies

Salary is not the only payment. People accept those cuts, this means that those "ow paying areas" have something else to offer. Also, usually remote opportinies still pay more than local is most places, with more remote, the competition for talent in those areas, and both local and remote opportunities will pay more. Value also takes in consideration how easy you can get something, something easy to get is low value, this applies to everything including labor.