The pay in Seattle is generally about the same as bay area pay based on my exp (although people have quibbled with this). We have no state income tax, so wouldn

The pay in Seattle is generally about the same as bay area pay based on my exp (although people have quibbled with this). We have no state income tax, so wouldn't that be appealing? Texas is hot, Seattle is cooler and rainier, Florida is Florida ;-), everything has tradeoffs. If you just lived ~30 miles outside of seattle you'd be able to get a very inexpensive house and pass the "arguably working in seattle area" test. My question is still what's the limit on 'claiming to work in <big city> area' when I'm fully remote. If I was working in a vacation house 30 miles away and my company is fully remote, then my tax situation is the same. I'm not moving there, it's my vac home say. Facebook et al need to define what working in the big city means? 50.1% or 183 or 4 days in the city? I know someone who was commuting into Seattle for 1.5 hours each way every other day, working at a seattle company. He's happy working from home now. Would he be working in seattle if he was at facebook? I want the freedom to live in a cabin in the woods for a month with good internet.