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Housing is fungible in a remote work world. So construction in cheaper locales can help reduce costs in HCOL areas. E.g. people migrate from CA to FL, reduces number of households in CA. Not for local jobs of course

But anyway, beyond fungibility, demographic trend is towards population decline. Spread between population growth and rate of new home construction is at an all time high.

And even CA recently passed a law allowing densification on certain SFH plots



As long as going to the same bar as your boss during happy hour leads to a promotion, career progression + economic opportunity will be tied to geography. Barely any companies operate like Gitlab does.

Demographic decline is a much bigger problem to solve, not something that should stop us from taking action.


My director who according to levels.fyi makes 1 million dollars a year is fully remote. If that's the remote ceiling, than I am A ok with it.


If that was a replicable strategy, that would be amazing.

The averages say otherwise and I would bet continue to do so if we check-in, in a decade.




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