I wonder whether the money will still be enough to offset cultural differences (political restrictions) for some immigrants, especially if they're leaving silicon valley.

I mean things like the Great Firewall getting in the way of some regular internet usage, and VPNs bypassing that while handing you a different set of frustrations. Or forgetting to toe the party line in a social-media post that happens to get too noticeable, where some apparatchik marks you for censorship or retaliation. Or maybe you do toe the line, but you're also a US citizen and the PRC decides they need some diplomatic leverage by putting someone like you in jail for some reason.

I used to live in Hong Kong back when it was a much freer place, and visited the mainland several times. But in this post-2018 high-despotism phase? The mainland is off my tourism list... or at any rate it's the kind of visit where you don't bring your regular laptop/smartphone through customs, and avoid touching your usual accounts while you're there.