That said, my preferred method is to live in a low cost area and work in a high cost area (telecommute).
yes but it also depends how you consider in your calculation the costs of telecommuting (costs of travelling, time lost etc..)
I'm thinking about this right in these days, as I'm living and working in a quite rich but expensive country (Luxembourg) where real estate prices (rent&purchase) have grown a lot in the past years, and are still growing (two digits increase of prices yty), while you have surrounding border areas (Belgium, France, Germany) that are way cheaper (half or even less per square meter) but are located 30-40km away with really congested roads or slow public lines (at least 45min per trip, easy to become 1-2hours in case of accidents or traffic jams)
> yes but it also depends how you consider in your calculation the costs of telecommuting (costs of travelling, time lost etc..)
Since it seems that English isn't your first language, I thought I'd point out that "telecommuting" means you work from home, and "commuting" means that you travel a long distance to get to work. So, there are no costs or time lost when telecommuting, because you don't have to go anywhere.
The commenter you're replying to is saying he works from home in a low cost area, but works for a company in a high cost area (possibly hundreds or thousands of kilometers away).
you are right I'm not native English speaker so thanks for spotting that, I've always used "remote working" or "teleworking" for describing that, but not telecommuting (maybe because commuting means "travelling to work" and tele means "over a distance", so the compound doesn't make too much sense for me, at least if you don't put a negation somewhere :D)
yes but it also depends how you consider in your calculation the costs of telecommuting (costs of travelling, time lost etc..)
I'm thinking about this right in these days, as I'm living and working in a quite rich but expensive country (Luxembourg) where real estate prices (rent&purchase) have grown a lot in the past years, and are still growing (two digits increase of prices yty), while you have surrounding border areas (Belgium, France, Germany) that are way cheaper (half or even less per square meter) but are located 30-40km away with really congested roads or slow public lines (at least 45min per trip, easy to become 1-2hours in case of accidents or traffic jams)