Morgan Dalton moved from California to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2022. He applied to the Tulsa Remote program, which paid him $10,000 over a year. He finds the pace of life in Tulsa a pro but misses the culture in Los Angeles and the broader West Coast.
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You can opt-out at any time by visiting our Preferences page or by clicking "unsubscribe" at the bottom of the email. Advertisement Morgan Dalton, 47, said he was a lifelong West Coaster but knew he would likely move out of Los Angeles . He said he didn't "have a timeline in mind until after" he was accepted into the Tulsa Remote program in Oklahoma in 2021.
He then said goodbye to the West Coast and moved to Tulsa in March 2022. One perk of the program, which is targeted at full-time, remote workers , is getting $10,000 . This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers.
Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in . Dalton got this money over the course of a year and said the initial payout was helpful for his moving costs.
"I drove myself out here, but I hired a moving service to move all my furniture, which arrived about a week or so after I had arrived .