Can I Be a Knowledge Worker in a Cheaper Place?

There are huge agglomerative forces that pull high skilled types of job and knowledge intends jobs, towards metropolitan areas. But at the same time, if you think of the network opportunities a large metropolitan area gives you, is it really worth it? This seems to be things that rather lead to more obanization than less. We have come across these terms like digita nomads going to different places, going to holiday resort weather,. Instead of being in their ghost cities which are of not much welle in time of lock downs and pandemics.