Why would you move to the other side of the country to an area you don’t know for a job you know damn well you can do 100% remote?
Especially when the position is in a high cost of living state and you don’t see the point in moving there just for a numerically higher salary.
When my daughter was looking for a job, she came across one that was 100% remote yet required relocation to another state. She turned that one down flat.
She is a book editor and works from home. In June, she’s going to a work conference near where we live. The company is paying her flight so she’s coming a few days early, then spending a week with some friends, then another week with us before flying home. There’s some real benefit to remote work.