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Wait, cities paying you to move there and work remotely is still a thing this deep into the pandemic? Says here that it is, with cities like Baltimore, Topeka, and Tulsa paying up to $15,000 to bribe you to move there. Gotta say, that's not a bad idea. Nothing at all bad about moving to those cities, the cash can come in handy, and housing prices are gonna be a lot less than in, say, here in L.A. Also, bringing in employed people with decent income is a win for the cities well beyond whatever ...

One of the motives, it seems, for the recent shootings at a medical clinic in Minnesota was that the shooter was angry that his doctors stopped prescribing painkillers, and there's a topic in that doctors are now among the professions being bullied and threatened for doing their jobs. People demanding opioids are causing a marked increase in violent threats. Some ascribe Republican legislators excusing Trump's behavior to the fear that they or their families could face direct threats to their ...

Florida beach towns are bracing for Spring break, for obvious reasons. Well, maybe it's not obvious, because the state doesn't seem to be taking the pandemic seriously. But Miami Beach, for one example, is putting rules and enforcement plans into effect, and warning that they won't "tolerate anarchy." Would you let your kid go party at the beach with the pandemic still in effect? (Miami Herald)

One thing you have to hope gets addressed by the new administration is how American health care remains so expensive and out of reach for so many people that medical tourism -- going to Mexico or Costa Rica for medical treatment at a fraction of the cost -- is still expected to rebound hugely as pandemic travel restrictions ease. And despite those restrictions, people are still crossing the U.S.-Mexico border to get cheaper medical care in places like Tijuana, Mexicali, and, of course (for ...

Okay, let's take this ranking of states where people are moving, based on one-way U-Haul statistics, with a grain of salt. Honestly, it's not totally shocking to see Tennessee, Texas, or Florida on the list -- jobs, weather, taxes -- but Ohio? California's at the bottom, also not surprising, but here's the thing. When you read these stories, they make it seem like there's a massive exodus out of places like California because things are so bad. But I live in California and, honestly, you ...