A good hint will be what the company did during the pandemic. Did they tell people they were free to move outside of the area? Did they open hiring up to ever

A good hint will be what the company did during the pandemic. Did they tell people they were free to move outside of the area? Did they open hiring up to everyone (as opposed to hiring locally even during WFH)? How flexible were they on remote work before the pandemic? Those kinds of companies will find it very hard to go back to "everyone in office". What are you going to do, tell everyone that you hired outside the core area that they need to move or be fired? I'm sure some companies are doing that but it will be terrible for morale and the company in general. I do think that the balance will shift a bit more back towards being in office, but it will happen via current companies failing and new companies starting as "in office." Obviously there will be the hit in hiring but some people will think it's worth it and it will be easier when starting fresh vs. de-transitioning a company that went remote.