The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at risk of hunger

Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris... by nine_k on Thursday December 14, 2017 @11:27AM (#15923534)

I did nearly that: I moved to a relatively small city away from technology centers, where my wages from a remote developer job were enough for quite comfortable life. No, nothing like a primitive wasteland, of course.

But that the next position offered to me, paying, say, 3x my then-current wage, was in NYC, full-time and on-premises only, so I moved, despite the cost of living.

Probably once communications improve in these remote areas, working from there will become a more widespread option for IT people. Most of my current team works remotely, from offices in other cities across the globe.

The other problem was getting education for children. Finding and affording it is an important cause for moving.

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Re:The Silicon Valley paradox: one in four people are at ris... by mcgrath_sh on Thursday December 14, 2017 @01:50PM (#15925422)

Define “remote area.” I can name a half dozen cities with cheaper cost of living within ~6 hours drive time of NYC. Pittsburgh. Buffalo. Rochester. Philly. Newark, DE. I don’t think communication systems are the problem. There are cities that have low(er) cost of living.

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