Pay should be pegged to your skills and any demands the job is placing on you. The only time changing pay based on location makes sense is if where you work is

Pay should be pegged to your skills and any demands the job is placing on you. The only time changing pay based on location makes sense is if where you work is a requirement of the job. Paying people more because they work at an office in a high rent area makes sense. Varying what remote workers get paid based on where they choose to live makes zero sense.