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I think that is true of say the Middle East Which is mostly a terrible place if you’re not a sheikh. Not the US or EU, at least not until recently.
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Sure, it’s a constant in history actually, but I’m getting at something closer to pastoral nomadism but for an information economy. Certain specialized professions like oil drilling or cable-laying come close.
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Software development, especially for startups, has a collective force pushing people to move to San Francisco (despite, or maybe even because, its mostly out of room). I remember someone saying similar things about finance and NYC, though I couldn't source it.
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Ah, probably doesn't fit since it's (intended to be) a one-time move. Insurance claims and certain other types of contracting require you to visit places regularly, whether it be a client on-site or a crash site.
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Both of which (along with my bad examples) fits your original model. Excluding farming from your model makes it somewhat self-fulfilling. If you eliminate the existing lower class examples, what's left will be middle-class, because forcing upper-class people isn't done.
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Insurance claims reviewers and on-site consulting are about the only examples I can find. Most everything else is semi-centralized, with the data moving to and from the center, not the people moving to the data.
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