jp_jellyroll t1_j298pn5 wrote
Reply to comment by Past-Adhesiveness150 in Massachusetts lost an estimated -0.1% of its population, or 7,716 people, from July 1, 2021, to July 1, 2022, and 0.7% (47,975) between April 1, 2020, and July 1, 2022 by bassistmuzikman
Even among the WFH crowd, not everyone wants to live in a quiet rural area. Moving is expensive & tiresome. My company went fully remote in 2020 and of the ~40 in my office, only a few moved far away.
My wife & I strongly considered moving to western MA, NH, or even ME. But we had our first child and the schools in those areas are... not so hot. There's no money in a small rural town. And we're a non-white mixed-race couple, so there's another kicker. We're staying in the 'burbs.
Proof-Variation7005 t1_j29e5uy wrote
And for those without kids or are single? Plenty of people did the "saving good money with nothing to do sociallly" thing in 2020 and would've called that hell.
Inflamed_toe t1_j29v4n3 wrote
Absolutely. We don’t have kids and as soon as my company went remote we moved to the mountains. My cost of living has basically been cut in half leaving the Boston area, it has been fantastic
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