Everyone Thinks Staging Location Doesn't Matter. What Server Location Impact on Speed Reveals

https://bizzmarkblog.com/staging-matters-why-choosing-shared-hosting-for-every-client-site-is-a-shortcut-that-breaks-things/

1) Why most teams ignore staging server location - and why that shortcut hurts real testing Teams routinely treat staging as a cheap clone of production: same code, same database snapshot, different network