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Tulsa Remote has become a national success story: the poster child for a new American experiment, luring remote workers from coastal hubs with cash and charm.

The program offers remote workers $10,000 to relocate, with the intention of bringing in new talent, new incomes and glowing headlines. This summer the Los Angeles Times glowingly reported that the program returned more than $4 to Tulsa’s economy for every $1 spent, citing retention, improved affordability and community building for movers from high-cost-of-living states like California.

It’s packaged and promoted to attract an influx of high-income remote workers and revitalize a city dismissed as a flyover. The pitch is

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