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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Dont think companies are going to let you keep a DC or SV salary when you move to the midwest or south.[/quote]

Who cares.  Less driving and dealing with traffic. Would bolt in an instant if 100% WFH.  Plenty of smaller and enjoyable towns within 2 hours or less of a major urban center where you can have much more space, less traffic, and lower col.

[b]It's also not 2001 anymore. Internet, 5g,....tech is so much better now than 15-20 years ago even if tech went through this phase again.[/b]  There are a ton of people who prob can't wait to ditch cities like Seattle or SF because they're sick and tired of paying $3500/mo in rent for a shoebox sized apartment in a city they'll have zero hope of ever owning in.[/quote]

LOL You've clearly never lived in a small town, much less in the countryside. I can drive across 70% of my home state and have NO cell service.

Internet providers? There are entire swathes of states that have one provider which is your sole internet service outlet and the service is still spotty at best.

My friend can't get internet in storms, her cable goes out with a bit of lightning. She would sit in her driveway or drive 40 minutes to the nearest store plaza for an emergency occasionally.

That doesn't even take into account that bandwidth availability (not how much you want to pay, what is even an OPTION) is slower the further out from cities you get.

Here's a map of cell phone service -- all that white means no coverage. So yes, where you live makes a huge difference.

[img]https://shoeuntied.files.wordpress.com/2017/03/mapcelltowwers.gif[/img][/quote]

Pffff.....you sound like a desperate real estate agent.  Also, your map is wrong and outdated.  You map shows cell towers, not actual coverage.

Here is a more accurate map for a company like Verizon.

[img]https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/1142/1404/articles/Verizon_Wireless_Coverage_Map_1024x1024.png?v=1569205967[/img]

Lmao, you act like living a couple of hours from a major urban center = automatic boonies.  There are plenty of places to live where that isn't true. People can't wait to leave overpriced and overpopulated urban centers to save on col and traffic.

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I grew up in a normal suburb with normal coverage. Any time we traveled more than 30 minutes from our home - going to say the Outer Banks in NC, our cell coverage dropped out like we suddenly in a Children of the Corn film.

But it was a nice place to grow up as a kid. As a business owner I'm less inclined to chance it.[/quote]

Let me let you in on this secret technology that can beat a ton of connectivity issues with cell phones.  It's known as a landline.

*Gasp*. We may have to use a landline if we work from home to call in if we are in an area with low cell coverage!???[/quote]

Wow, I didn't know landlines worked when you were in the car on the way to work or picking your kid up for school or going out to eat.

I mean its nifty but does it really beat something invented 4 decades ago called 'wireless'? I guess not since you still have one.[/quote]

What in the hell are you even arguing?

We are talking about working from home, yet you're going on and on and on about not getting cell phone reception if you drive 30 minutes from your house. Um HELLO, you should be working from home anyway, where you can have easy access to a landline in the case you live in a small portion of the country with poor service.

You then subsequently provided a misleading map of cell phone towers and not actual coverage to support your faulty arguments.

WFH will be the future.  Lots of people will enjoy dedensifying, dealing with less traffic, and paying a lot less to live.
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The future for Silicon Valley and the future for the federal government ate two different things. But keep dreaming.[/quote]

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