<story><title>Bay Area applicants flood program that pays them $10k to move to Tulsa</title><url>https://www.sfgate.com/living-in-sf/article/San-Franciscans-are-jumping-at-an-offer-of-10k-15591762.php</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>paxys</author><text>I understand people who have roots in the bay area and aren&amp;#x27;t in the position to leave (or just don&amp;#x27;t want to). I also understand people who, under the current circumstances, want to temporarily or permanently move to a location that will work out better for them.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t understand, though, how $10K can be the deciding factor for someone for such a major decision.</text></comment>
<story><title>Bay Area applicants flood program that pays them $10k to move to Tulsa</title><url>https://www.sfgate.com/living-in-sf/article/San-Franciscans-are-jumping-at-an-offer-of-10k-15591762.php</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>techsupporter</author><text>I (truly) wish these people good luck and hope they find the happiness they seek.&lt;p&gt;I am from near Tulsa and there&amp;#x27;s absolutely no way in hell you&amp;#x27;ll ever catch my family moving back to there.  It&amp;#x27;s hot, humid, comes with tornadoes, you have to drive everywhere (and everywhere is set up on the assumption you will drive). Plus, I will never forget the clerk at the licensing office who, after the rules changed to require &amp;quot;proof of legal status&amp;quot; to renew a driving license, gave my wife shit for having &amp;quot;married up to America&amp;quot; when she presented her green card as proof of status.  (Never mind that my wife had been a permanent resident for years prior to us meeting.)&lt;p&gt;Everywhere has its upsides and its flaws, but at least where I live now has the benefit of the vast majority of people and culture here doesn&amp;#x27;t want to throw my loved ones out on their ear.  Perhaps some of the new arrivals moving there will change that culture.  I hope so.</text></comment>