> With a lot of companies, there is no reason they can't be in the midwest where there are a lot more affordable homes, and a lot of space. I would argue that

> With a lot of companies, there is no reason they can't be in the midwest where there are a lot more affordable homes, and a lot of space. I would argue that if they aren’t there now, there probably is a reason that you are overlooking. If you need non-remote employees at all (and if you don’t, where the company is located with regard to housing doesn’t mean anything), then there is a cost to not locating where people with the skills you want currently are, and also a cost to not locating in a place where the people you want to hire would want to be. > We should be looking to draw people from these HCOL areas to help bring back these cities. It seems like a win-win situation. I’m sure when you just state it as a goal without a concrete plan or costs, it seems that way: we should just wave a magic wand and make people’s preferences changed so what isn’t in demand is in more demand and what is in demand os in less demand. Simple! When you try to come up with w concrete plan to do that is when it becomes more problematic.