>Looking at some of the social problems that SF suffers from, though, I’m not sure that you’d want us.

SF residents should be locked into the place and made deal with the mess they've made. Actually, you could probably expand that to Californians as a whole.

I feel utterly awful for the areas who are absorbing the brunt of the outward migration from that state.

I've heard em called "Reverse Okies"

Not super popular in the Northwest; WA is expensive enough, and open complaining about it in Boise and MT.

Sure, come on in, we will embrace you with open arms. We already have SF like social issues here, so we won't mind. Our housing is messed up on even a grander scale than SF. It's not all flowery here either, but it's way better than many other places on the planet atm.

The time zone is an issue for synchronous things. Housing is expensive, and often poorly insulated. Apart from those, sure. Our internet is reliable, fast and fairly affordable (the ISPs don't own the lines/fibre, so there's a lot of competition). Power is good and mostly renewable (the South Island is ~100% renewable, and again, there's lots of competition).

I think there would be plenty of overlap with the US West coast for anyone willing to start their day a little early (say 6am). And of course any team in the JAPAC region would be doable. I had a quick peak at housing prices just now though and I admit it was scarier than I imagined.

Not if it's expensive