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Richard Enlow sits poolside in his new Palm Springs home on November 22, 2019.  Enlow was paid by his Bay Area employer to relocate from his Alameda apartment and work from Palm Springs, California.  (Jay Calderon For Bay Area News Group)
Richard Enlow sits poolside in his new Palm Springs home on November 22, 2019. Enlow was paid by his Bay Area employer to relocate from his Alameda apartment and work from Palm Springs, California. (Jay Calderon For Bay Area News Group)
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“That was like, ‘Done!’”

— Richard Enlow, 38, a former Alameda product designer who took software startup Zapier up on its offer of a $10,000 “de-location” bonus for Bay Area hires who leave the region and work remotely — Palm Springs in his case — where the cost of living is lower and a tech salary goes farther.