I moved to a different, much more expensive city. Maybe could have asked to be allowed to work remotely, but I couldn't ask to be able to work remotely and get

I moved to a different, much more expensive city. Maybe could have asked to be allowed to work remotely, but I couldn't ask to be able to work remotely and get a 25% raise. But was asked to rejoin remotely and then I could of course ask to be paid competitively where I was living.