I did that actually but not for political reasons.
There’s a lot of reasons for people to do it actually, and I’m not 100% sure why more don’t because those big coastal cities increasingly suck to live in unless you make $200k+ or are content to live like a college student.
Cost of living is better, traffic is better, and people think you are a genius because you didn’t graduate from the local AG U or Bible Thumper U.
Where do you live?
I know the feeling... over here they treat me like some golden god because i speak perfect native English, look a mix between american/european and have foreign education in a variety of subjects. They literally think I swim in money and I don't. It's nice to be treated that way by the women though 
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then I look at real coastal elites like some of my ex girlfriends and I contemplate ending it all
I live in the Midwest (not really planning on getting more specific).
It’s not so bad, other than everybody cares lot about the local football team and knows the name of every head coach the program has ever had. On the plus side, game day is a great day to go to Costco.
Also, whenever I go visit family everyone asks me if We drove there and I have to explain that “no, I didn’t not drive 20 hours each way over a four day weekend and that I flew in a plane like a normal person.”
Since I live in a city, (albeit a smallish one) I don’t feel like I’m missing out on too much culturally or cuisine wise. Like they pretty much have everything a bigger city has but just less of it. I can go see a broadway musical, even a popular one, but I gotta wait a few years. I don’t really care about that either.
The main drawbacks are that
1) pay is lower, in general
2) the job market is sort of small
3) my top 20 mba sometimes seems sort of worthless because there’s literally like 4 or 5 graduates in the state. I do still run into people that go “oh that’s a good school”... FYI, I think it’s total credentialism that I took part in knowingly.
The pros are:
1) the job market thing kind of cuts both ways. It can be hard to find a spot or switch companies, but once you find something good there’s not many people gunning for your spot because it can be hard to hire from outside. There’s no revolving door of some asshole from some other company that keeps getting hired to be your boss and staying on for only 2 years.
2) cost of living. Sometimes I realize I probably make a good 20-30k less than I should for my responsibility level compared to other places I’ve worked, but also realize I’d need to make a lot more than that to afford a 2,000 square foot house with a basement on a quarter acre back in DC or Seattle
3) I got kids anyway, so I’m going to be in the suburbs no matter what. I prefer a 20 minute commute to an hour one.
