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(S)He didn't say anything about California.
The article is titled “Bay Area applicants flood program that pays them $10,000 to leave California”
"The program, started by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, is paying people $10,000 to move to Tulsa, Okla"
I (truly) wish these people good luck and hope they find the happiness they seek. I am from near Tulsa and there's absolutely no way in hell you'll ever catch my family moving back to there. It'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…
You’re delusional if you think California is the only place that has good weather and isn’t racist
I don't understand, though, how $10K can be the deciding factor for someone for such a major decision.
> "We've had over a thousand applicants just in the last two weeks alone. Over half of them are from California, many from the Bay Area,”
so, 500+ per 2 weeks. sfgate articles are rubbish
I (truly) wish these people good luck and hope they find the happiness they seek. I am from near Tulsa and there's absolutely no way in hell you'll ever catch my family moving back to there. It'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…
You’re delusional if you think California is the only place that has good weather and isn’t racist
Anyone who tells another person they are "delusional" when they are sharing their personal experience is, in my experience, actually the delusional party. So, you are actually the one that is delusional! If you can't stand the heat...
I was born and raised in Oklahoma. Should have left earlier, but I got out. If you want to have your blue political sign stolen out of your yard, move to Oklahoma. Not everyone there is a redneck jerk, but they have a leg up on a few states, that's for sure.
"If selected, applicants are required to strictly stay in the Tulsa city limits." Once you factor in relocation costs, the fact that urban apartments in major cities are offering revised rates & X months free, and that you're still in a city (free coworking doesn't make sense if you're concerned about the pandemic), it's moot. Thinking wildly aloud, maybe one idea is to have collective bargaining rather than money. S…
I (truly) wish these people good luck and hope they find the happiness they seek. I am from near Tulsa and there's absolutely no way in hell you'll ever catch my family moving back to there. It'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…
You’re delusional if you think California is the only place that has good weather and isn’t racist
I understand people who have roots in the bay area and aren't in the position to leave (or just don'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. I don't understand, though, how $10K can be the deciding factor for someone for such a major decision.
I (truly) wish these people good luck and hope they find the happiness they seek. I am from near Tulsa and there's absolutely no way in hell you'll ever catch my family moving back to there. It'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…
The great thing about religion is that it attracts fanatics who are willing to do this work. I wish there was a movement to make the world a better place with missionaries going abroad and to remote places to make people more open minded and less individualistic.