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I'm personally taking this into consideration because I have a remote job & it feels like it would be a better decision to move to a place better for my field. I'm excluding SF because it's an anomaly and most certainly will boost your career.

Obviously having a strong local job market (strong is relative in today's terms) will help, but what I'm wondering about is the opportunity cost.

COL typically goes hand in hand with career hubs. the more presence, the higher the COL. How often does simply living in a hub (recruiters preferring your resume) and networking (going to meetups, etc.) impact your job finding & pay progression ability? It can't be worth enough to make up for the exorbitant costs of living in that city right? Unless you have other reasons to be there.

I'm just curious on opinions from people who have done this. Was it worth the cost (assuming you DIDN'T move there because of a job you already had lined up, because in that case its obviously worth it). Did it allow you to progress your career faster? Cheers.

DISCLAIMER: I mean this under the case of already having a remote job & deciding where to move after. Also, excluding SF. SF is an anomaly and most certainly will boost your career, I'm talking about all other tech hubs

Obviously having a strong local job market (strong is relative in today's terms) will help, I'm not debating that, what I'm wondering about is the opportunity cost.

COL typically goes hand in hand with tech hubs. the more presence, the higher the COL. How often does simply living in a hub (recruiters preferring your resume) and networking (going to meetups, etc.) impact your job finding & pay progression ability? It can't be worth enough to make up for the exorbitant costs of living in that city right?

I'm just curious on opinions from people who have done this. Was it worth the cost (assuming you DIDN'T move there because of a job you already had lined up, because in that case its obviously worth it). Did it allow you to progress your career faster? Cheers.

More job opportunity? to save money? to travel? I'm just really stressed about where to go and I think I should move to a city (i'm from a small town) for the sake of my career and making friends, but is it even helpful if you are remote? not to mention the increased COL. I live in a very pretty area and no city seems to match it, yet im just really lonely working remote with no one around my age. You could travel but is it even a good idea to be spending so much money in such a poor job market? Always worried I will be laid off.

Curious about others' experiences, cheers.

Just curious on opinions. I grew up in a rural area, and because of that, travel time to events, the grocery store, restaurants, etc. is actually pretty short (between 10-15 minutes for most) due to hardly any traffic most of the time.

It obviously depends on how much you can handle, but I just don't have the experience of regularly taking 30+ minutes to get to events in a major city. I want a lifestyle similar to what I have right now, but access to the events of the city relatively close. I'm going to moving soon, so I'm curious on what the tipping point is for people, cheers.