I got paid $10,000 to move to Tulsa. My mortgage for a whole house is about what I used to pay to rent one room.

Courtesy of Jasmine Ball

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jasmine Ball, a 32-year-old financial planner who got paid to move from Los Angeles to Tulsa, Oklahoma, in 2020 with the Tulsa Remote program. The conversation was edited for length and clarity.