This is my experience exactly. I live in an area with a small tech employer base (almost all consultancies or non-tech corporations) and a tradition of worker-hostile compensation and benefits. I'm able to make twice as much working remote, with unlimited PTO (and a culture that makes it work) and other benefits not available from local employers.
Frequent video collaboration with colleagues gets me 75% of the way to replicating the benefits of working in the office, and we also meet in person a few times per year. It's not perfect, but it's preferable to the alternatives. And it's nice to be present and available for my spouse and kids.
I've toyed with the idea of setting up another desk in the room next to my office for friends (or perhaps strangers) to come in and co-work if they want an occasional change of scenery. It is nice to work in the presence of other workers at times, even if they don't work for the same company.
Frequent video collaboration with colleagues gets me 75% of the way to replicating the benefits of working in the office, and we also meet in person a few times per year. It's not perfect, but it's preferable to the alternatives. And it's nice to be present and available for my spouse and kids.
I've toyed with the idea of setting up another desk in the room next to my office for friends (or perhaps strangers) to come in and co-work if they want an occasional change of scenery. It is nice to work in the presence of other workers at times, even if they don't work for the same company.