Remote is not the end all, hybrid is likely here to stay. And NYC is best place to live/work as a young person...At home all day on the computer? Sure rather have thousands of options for the evening instead of a dozen..
Lol everyone in here is such a baby...We spend $500k a day on FB with great support; platform rarely breaks for us as we get features later.
If you're spend $100-1000 a day you get tests and early UI/UX. Spend more get out of the baby support tiers. Someone has to the best test bed.. might as well be the smallest clients.