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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Once you leave the DC area, your opportunities for advancement are vastly reduced.  Most people that want to move up will not leave the area.  Plus most of the cheaper places are not liberal.[/quote]
I think this is what is most likely to change. A lot of agencies had higher promotion potential for HQ-based positions and more positions available at higher grades. It will be harder to justify a terminal WFH GS-14 living in Fredericksburg with a terminal GS-12 in Richmond. [/quote]

I'm confused by your last sentence. The grade levels are based on the work, not the location. The locality pay between the same grade levels on either side of a locality boundary is different, yes. [/quote]
The grade levels are only nominally based on work and many agencies will have higher promotion potential primarily because they are HQ positions. For example, there is no real difference between a HQ-based and Regional office Budget Analyst in terms of the nature of the work. However, some agencies will give higher promotion potential to HQ Budget Analysts solely because they are HQ based. I know of examples where regional staff wanting accretion of duties promotions to GS-13 in a regional office for an agency were told they need to move to HQ because the same job series terminates with a GS-13 promotion potential. It doesn’t make sense and with increased remote work/WFH I think these rationales may not last. [/quote]

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