# Working very remotely from home

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**Created:** [October 24, 2020, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-very-remotely-from-home/923778 "2020-10-24T17:24:40Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/working-very-remotely-from-home/923778/19 "2020-10-28T04:22:08Z")

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Starting about [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-people-rather-make-a-living-or-make-a-fortune/915927/56), there was a discussion about this very thing.

> [@Would people rather make a living or make a fortune?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-people-rather-make-a-living-or-make-a-fortune/915927/56):
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> In the context of transportable incomes we have some recent news from those ever-innovative highly paid Silicon Valley folks. As part of the response to COVID, Google, FaceBook, et al, have instituted much wider work-from-home programs with strong statements that management intends this to be a permanent feature of their corporate landscape. Which immediately led to lots of talk amongst the employees that if this is permanent they’ll likely to move to cheaper Idaho, Nevada, etc., and live like…

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