> Rural living gets constantly gassed up as this incredibly serene, peaceful place to live and yet even in the age of remote work people aren’t budging. One bi

> Rural living gets constantly gassed up as this incredibly serene, peaceful place to live and yet even in the age of remote work people aren’t budging. One big reason is that remote work was never guaranteed to last. It's starting to crumble now with big tech requiring RTO x days a week or factoring in physical presence into performance reviews. People that aren't already independently wealthy couldn't risk buying a house in the country. In my rural home town your options for work if you lost your tech job(easier because crappy internet options) would be hard labor on a farm or dairy or maybe work at the grocery or fast food joint - nothing else.