Have a couple from Texas who the wife's boss did not want to see move to Maine. She brought her job with her. She has high speed internet, fax machine and home office. She reports to work a few hours later than she used to..with time zone difference. Her calls to Texas got forwarded to Maine. No one knew she moved from the business side of things. Boss did not lose this trained hard working professional and employee can live in a friendly small town better suited for raising her son.
Small town means fewer people. Friendlier. Slower paced. Low cost living, less stress of trying to make ends meet. Twenty years ago this was not an option. You decided to give up the big job and start all over. Some folks are ready for a whole new livelihood. But what if you don't want to give up the security of a good paying job that you love and are good at? Now folks are free to move about the country with their job, income intact.
These telecomuters tell me "Something was missing...they did not like the town they lived in that had been over run with new people and zoning and traffic. So they bail out..move to small town like the one they used to live in or were raised in. One exclaimed..."Nothing's missing now...I can see clearly now (Johnny Nash Hit From Early 70's In Background chiming) ....
Maine REALTOR Andrew Mooers - Maine Is Calling Your Name, Hear It?