09-08-2025
- Business
- Wall Street Journal
The Cities Offering Thousands of Dollars to Convince Workers to Move
About six years after leaving central Indiana for Texas, Brandon Speece felt an itch to move back.
At first, the costs of moving felt like a possible deal breaker. Then the 30-year-old, whose data-engineering job went remote during the pandemic, stumbled upon an offer: The Indianapolis suburb of Noblesville would pay him $5,000 to move there, and throw in perks like concert tickets, a membership to a shared workspace and access to a golf course.
