There's a chicken and egg problem. Workers don't want to move to sparsely populated areas because there aren't many jobs, and companies don't want to do it bec

There's a chicken and egg problem. Workers don't want to move to sparsely populated areas because there aren't many jobs, and companies don't want to do it because there aren't any workers. E.g. I wouldn't mind working in a sparsely populated area, but there's a good chance my employer would be the only one I could work for (without giving up and working retail or something). My employer doesn't want to relocate there because good luck convincing people to relocate there given the above. There are infrastructure problems, too. Good luck getting a business class 40Gbps Internet connection in Nowhere, Wyoming. It would go a long way if remote work was normalized (or legislated), and the FCC actually forced ISPs to run reasonable Internet connections outside of major metropolitan areas.