Ernest Lessenger has called Eugene home for eight years.
He’s a tech worker, part of a recently spotty, but steady, migration of workers who became enamored of Eugene’s quality of life and relative affordability. Since moving from Georgia to continue his work as a remote IT consultant, he’s made a comfortable living in Eugene.
Yet he believes choosing to live in Eugene — where there are few in-person tech jobs and opportunities to negotiate higher pay — is a trade-off between quality of life and salary…