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Some US Cities Lure Remote Workers With Money, Promise of Friendly
Communities

Julie Taboh

   WASHINGTON, DC - Millions more Americans than usual have been working
   from home since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic earlier this
   year.

   Google said it will be at least July 2021 before workers will be back
   in the office. Twitter and Microsoft have announced staff may work
   remotely '¦ forever.

   That is why some office workers are rethinking where to live. While
   some cities are big job centers, they come with a high cost of living
   that may no longer make sense for people working remotely.

   A growing number of these remote workers are striking out, and some are
   taking advantage of special programs being offered by cities across the
   U.S. that are luring them with cash incentives and other benefits.

   One of them is Stephanie Robesky.

   San Francisco to Tulsa, Oklahoma

   Robesky, who works in the tech industry, was thinking about leaving San
   Francisco and searching for a different place to live when she read an
   article about Tulsa Remote -- a program that is offering a $10,000
   grant to eligible remote workers to move to and work in Tulsa,
   Oklahoma, about 2,700 kilometers (1,700 miles) from San Francisco.

   "It is not a place that I had ever visited," says Robesky, "so I went
   on Google Maps and took a look at it and said 'OK, that's right smack
   dab in the center of the United States."

   "I went and did the application online, and it all worked out and here
   I am!"

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