How to Money · Friday, September 18, 2026
Various cities are offering financial incentives through platforms like 'Make My Move.com' to encourage people to relocate, with some offering cash payments for moving. While these incentives can be attractive, the hosts emphasize that the primary benefit for many is the reduced cost of living in these areas, especially for remote workers. They advise potential movers not to let the incentive 'wag the dog' but to consider the overall cost of living and community fit.
“Basically, they have combined all of the different programs that exist all over the country, um, in certain areas. And it's, it's just really interesting. Some of them, there is straight up like cash money. So there's Texarkana one I was looking at. Uh, they've got $ 5, 000 straight up for cash, uh, cash for relocation.”
“The other biggest, the biggest number I saw that I thought was news you can use on that on makemymove.com was that the average person who moves to one of these more rural destinations and takes advantage of these perks and potentially free cash deployed to them for moving. is they save $ 20, 000 in their first year of moving there because the reason they're moving in part is to get out of a higher cost of living area, to get into a lower cost of living spot.”
“And so I think if I was in a different stage of life, I would be a bit more open to it.”