The programming talent myth

In many of the 'hip' large metro areas, $1300/month may get you a single room in someone else's house, or a tiny, survival apartment.

Car insurance in many of these same places can easily be a couple hundred a month (assuming a new car and full coverage)

Health insurance is frequently less than car insurance for a single person (family health insurance paid by one person is more)

All this adds up and drives the prices of everything else up as well. Groceries are noticeably more expensive in many of these areas.

The mega tech companies deciding that they really don't like remote workers, and want everyone to live and work in a few massive complexes helps drive this. Not only are their employees having to pay these high costs, but everyone else in the area does as well (including all the startups)

> Protip: universal healthcare solves this problem. Really.

yeah right. many people who have lived under both systems disagree with you.