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US city offering $20,000 to move there (www.newsweek.com)

submitted 2 months ago by pelespirit@sh.itjust.works to c/politics@sh.itjust.works

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In order to be eligible for the city's relocation incentive, applicants must be aged 18 and over and eligible to work in the U.S. They also must have full-time remote employment, existing local employment, proof of self-employment or accepting a new job in the Cumberland area. Additionally, eligible applicants must not have a current home under contract with a local realtor.

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[–] anonymouse2@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Something caused the population to drop from over 100k to under 20k in less than 15 years. Not sure $10k in cash and $10k in house repairs is going to be enough to get people to overlook whatever that is.

[–] kersploosh@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

The population numbers in the article look seriously incorrect. They are way off from the census data cited in Wikipedia. For example, the entire county has never had 100k people, let alone the town.

[–] Nomecks@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It looks like it's just about the worst commute possible from both Washington DC and Pittsburgh

[–] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Abolish returning to the office to have teams meetings in a building with no one on your team...

[–] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

According to the latest Redfin data, the median sale price of a home in Cumberland was $138,000 in July, up 36.6 percent compared to a year earlier.

How is the houses going up when no one is buying them?

[–] Paranomaly@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago

As someone from a small town, some are plagued by dirths of people holding onto empty houses with high price tags because "I know what it's worth, damn it!" even if there are no buyers.