I disagree. What state or local govt policies matter, except maybe taxes? There are a bunch of states with no state income tax, probably even more with less sta

I disagree. What state or local govt policies matter, except maybe taxes? There are a bunch of states with no state income tax, probably even more with less state & local taxes than Cali. People already move to Seattle from SF because of no state income taxes and similar salaries (it's exp. in seattle but cheaper than sf, it's crowded in seattle but less than sf, etc). I think there are about 5 tiers. 1. High taxes & many jobs and high salary (SF, NY), 2. None or minimal state/local taxes and semicrowded (Florida?) and medium or lower salary, 3. no taxes but high salary area (Seattle), high expenses, 4. some taxes but medium salary (Portland), 5. less or no taxes and more rural and not much remote work (most of the midwest or south outside big cities), much lower comp today.