> Or there are some locations where markets just breakdown because the environmental factors overwhelm whatever salaries you offer. There's literally no such t

> Or there are some locations where markets just breakdown because the environmental factors overwhelm whatever salaries you offer. There's literally no such thing - I wanna see an example! The given scenario is not an example, because you can simply raise the offering until people take you up on it! I mean, you can ask people to work in high-risk life-threatening environments and people will take you up on that offer IFFF the offer is high enough! Want someone to work on a seabed? In an oil rig away from home for 9/12 months? In arctic conditions away from home for 3 years at a time? That's all happening right now. Hell, you could put out an advertisement for volunteers on a one-way trip to Mars and you'll still get those positions filled! If you cannot get teachers to move to a rural area, you are doing something wrong.[1] [1] Where I am right now, I'll take that offer given a good enough salary and long enough contract. Many older teachers, maybe 10 years from retirement, will happily sell up and semi-retire to teach a few more years renting in a rural area before actual retirement. If they aren't doing it, it's because the offer is too low.