Mariah Zingarelli News Today

What will it take for you to leave California for Indiana? Across the Hoosier state, dozens of counties and cities are practically stepping over each other in what has become the new competition across the land: attracting the pandemic-enlarged horde of people with remote jobs who no longer feel the need to live in more expensive urban centers like Los Angeles or New York.

Former Indiana residents warn Californians leaving for their old state: Cash and other perks may sound great now, but wait for the long winters and bugs.

Smaller and cheaper towns and counties across the nation are competing to lure higher-income workers from California and other costly places.