For me, it was never a question of if or will it was a must. Coming from a small country you had to go to bigger cities to have a decent job. Although it changed a tiny bit it's still a case as there's just a couple of companies in smaller cities in my homeland. I think it is in a lot of European countries for Dev regardless of now work-from-home begin an option. However it might change more and more. I moved from my country due to other things not work but found the current country pretty same in terms of work-from-home, flexibility, way of work, etc, so I think in software development you might find it pretty much same across the board.
From a personal experience: I found my country unbearable in some cases due to politics and decided to leave. For me it was going from owning a car, living pretty nice and having a vacation as a must at some apartment on the beach to checking if I have enough money to fly there and using a public transport. Why did I "downgrade". Well I didn't I went to a more stable country with high income where my wife's salary can't even cover basic needs here (if she would to work alone - freelance), so she quit, and even with a good single income it's not possible to have it as before due to prices. Did I regret it? No, because I was never fan of too much "capitalism" like big cities rush and such and this country has that to some point but mostly focuses on being laid back and enjoying the nature. Given the climate change here is quite the same as in my homeland while I was a kid back in the 90's so I actually like it more (my parents reported over 30C temperatures for the last month). Everything's far away (shops, cities, pubs...), but I like it as I can go to a lake in 10-15 min by foot. With a bit of luck I'm now working from home always so I don't spend that much money on tickets. If I had to work constantly from the office I would've probably moved to city nearby. However, keeping in mind I don't have kids yet so my wife and I are pretty easily "transferable". I don't have any new friends since I came here (3 years) but I do have work collogues which I met the first day and see them maybe once in two months. If you're social it depends which country you need to move to regarding your job. Nordics are not really too fun for some social people. If you're speaking about cities in the same land then it's like a simple rule: bigger the city less people will interact with you that easily because of time pressure. Most people are in rush and that's doubled by the size of the city.
So to boil it down you need to first have some answers, like:
Are you a social person? This answer will limit countries or sometimes even parts of the same country
What climate can you tolerate? Same as above.
How far from home can you go? Or how frequently you want to visit your familly/friends? In my homeland it was mostly up to 3 hours car drive since we lived quite close by and the country itself is small.
Do you prefer capitalist style or socialistic style of living? Not communism or such but more like do you want private or public healthcare/transport and others?
I think it's sometimes too hard for someone even with proper mindset and desires some limitations arise that are out of our control so question cannot be answered fairly unless you add "given a choice without your current limitation...".
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For me, it was never a question of if or will it was a must. Coming from a small country you had to go to bigger cities to have a decent job. Although it changed a tiny bit it's still a case as there's just a couple of companies in smaller cities in my homeland. I think it is in a lot of European countries for Dev regardless of now work-from-home begin an option. However it might change more and more. I moved from my country due to other things not work but found the current country pretty same in terms of work-from-home, flexibility, way of work, etc, so I think in software development you might find it pretty much same across the board.
From a personal experience: I found my country unbearable in some cases due to politics and decided to leave. For me it was going from owning a car, living pretty nice and having a vacation as a must at some apartment on the beach to checking if I have enough money to fly there and using a public transport. Why did I "downgrade". Well I didn't I went to a more stable country with high income where my wife's salary can't even cover basic needs here (if she would to work alone - freelance), so she quit, and even with a good single income it's not possible to have it as before due to prices. Did I regret it? No, because I was never fan of too much "capitalism" like big cities rush and such and this country has that to some point but mostly focuses on being laid back and enjoying the nature. Given the climate change here is quite the same as in my homeland while I was a kid back in the 90's so I actually like it more (my parents reported over 30C temperatures for the last month). Everything's far away (shops, cities, pubs...), but I like it as I can go to a lake in 10-15 min by foot. With a bit of luck I'm now working from home always so I don't spend that much money on tickets. If I had to work constantly from the office I would've probably moved to city nearby. However, keeping in mind I don't have kids yet so my wife and I are pretty easily "transferable". I don't have any new friends since I came here (3 years) but I do have work collogues which I met the first day and see them maybe once in two months. If you're social it depends which country you need to move to regarding your job. Nordics are not really too fun for some social people. If you're speaking about cities in the same land then it's like a simple rule: bigger the city less people will interact with you that easily because of time pressure. Most people are in rush and that's doubled by the size of the city.
So to boil it down you need to first have some answers, like:
I think it's sometimes too hard for someone even with proper mindset and desires some limitations arise that are out of our control so question cannot be answered fairly unless you add "given a choice without your current limitation...".