Struggling U.S. city offers $20,000 for workers to relocate there

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

[TheRickles]

1. Cumberland, MD.

[Wiz Imp]

3. Big Trumper territory.

Trump won 69.2% of the vote in 2024 in the county.

Maybe they should consider that as being a reason nobody wants to live there or move there?

[doc03]

2. Since I am retired, they wouldn't want me but I like that area. It is right on the GAP (Great Allegheny

Passage) and the C&O trails.

[Wiz Imp]

4. I like the area too, but it is overwhelmingly MAGA.

You couldn't pay me enough to move there.

[doc03]

5. I am in Ohio now, it couldn't be any worse. It is right at the edge of the mountains and the

trail I would love it there.

[Wiz Imp]

6. I could see that if you're already in a place just as bad.

I'm in a pretty much 50-50 area of PA and could never handle living in a place with more MAGA people than already exist here.

[twodogsbarking]

7. They need to backdate this about 50 years to help. I've been there.

[AKRicky]

8. I was born and raised in Cumberland

I left western Maryland for Alaska shortly after getting my B.A. from Frostburg State in 1976.

MAGA runs deep there. But the region is so depressed economically that they have to resort to such $20k enticements in their continuing effort to survive.

However, given the economic realities, public assistance is prevalent and Medicaid is essential health care for most.

I still love my hometown and the people who live there. But I can't live there with its high cost of living, low information voters, and being economically depressed.

Western Maryland is more aligned with West Virginia than the Maryland most people imagine. It is the northern limit of Appalachia, with all of its problems. As such, it will stick with Trump, until it touches public assistance and health care. The folks there have little else to rely upon, and will revolt enmass if their benefits are tinkered with.