The latter seems unlikely to me. If we stigmatized or outlawed geopay, the net effect would be rising wages across the board because companies would not want to

The latter seems unlikely to me. If we stigmatized or outlawed geopay, the net effect would be rising wages across the board because companies would not want to be locked out of hiring good people in HCOL areas. That or the cities would empty out and the relative income needed to live well would flatten. Either way, a win for society.