An Interesting Concept...Being Paid to Move Somewhere

We are still debating if we should move or not.  Naturally I am reading and researching the topic to death and I've seen some interesting programs that actually pay people to move to certain places.  Usually these places are losing people in droves and need new residents to prop up the local economy but nonetheless, it's an interesting concept.

• Maine will help you pay off your student loans.
• Vermont will pay people $10k to move there.
• Here are 16 places around the world that will pay you to move there.
• There are several places in Kansas that will pay you to move there.
• Citizens of Alaska get a payment each year just for living there.
• There are several countries that will pay you to move there (not sure how immigration works with these programs).
• And here are some towns that will pay people to move there.

Obviously if you want to take advantage of these programs you would want to do the math.  Figure out how the benefit of moving there (the payment) stacks up to the costs of living there (utilities, state income tax, property tax, etc).  Anyway, it's something to think about...