Unless there is competitive advantages why stay in a high cost area?

All that does is drive up labor costs. For the vast majority of non-manufacturing STEM jobs you can be located anywhere and do there work with use of web based tools. All that is really needed is skilled employees and a decent internet provider. Smaller cities in the interior US give you low physical overhead and lower cost of living for employees while still having good quality of life.

In response to this post by VaAkita

Posted: 01/23/2019 at 8:59PM

STEM jobs are moving away from the coasts to lower cost areas -- VaAkita 01/23/2019 02:33AM

Unless there is competitive advantages why stay in a high cost area? -- Naelbis 01/23/2019 8:59PM

I blame it on NIMBY's limiting construction of additional housing -- hucareshokiesrul 01/23/2019 3:49PM

Nice to see Orlando on the list -- OrlandoHokie 01/23/2019 10:31AM

I find few if any redeeming qualities about Orlando -- HokieMacDaddy 01/23/2019 2:30PM

Yeah I tend to paint a rosy picture even when it isn't -- OrlandoHokie 01/23/2019 3:29PM

I4 does suck most of the time... now, if you can get rid of the heat, -- HokieSignGuy 01/23/2019 10:42AM

One good thing about the heat is that it helps control our population -- OrlandoHokie 01/23/2019 11:39AM

Heat and population control. Hmmmmm... -- Late 80s Hokie 01/23/2019 2:31PM

Lots to the Boston area - and prices high but not Mountain View CA hogh ** -- DaveVT 01/23/2019 09:04AM

Bring the jobs to Blacksburg. ** -- HokieSignGuy 01/23/2019 08:26AM

He said "lower cost areas". ;-) ** -- vthokieq 01/23/2019 08:29AM

Not really even "coasts", just Silicon Valley and the Northeast -- BigDave 01/23/2019 07:18AM

Would say a "comparable" house in San Francisco is more like 20X... -- EDGEMAN 01/23/2019 08:36AM

Unless there is competitive advantages why stay in a high cost area?

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