Ian Quigley says the reason more performant models leave poor search neighborhoods faster is not yet known, although they are observed to switch locations more readily and abandon poor areas sooner.

“We don't know that at all yet. All we know is that they're abandoning these crappy neighborhoods more quickly. Uh, and we definitely see a progression of the, like, a, a more willingness to jump around overall, uh-”

“... for more performant models, but they especially abandon the, the lousy places fast. And then the really poor ones stick around.”