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The Gen Z workers paid $10,000 to move to Middle America
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The first night Karns arrived to take up the job as emergency management director for Ottawa County, the area experienced 100mph storms.
Often, they’re paid incentives of up to $10,000 to do so.
They moved so Tyler could study natural resource management at South Dakota State University, but Geltmacher now has two jobs and they’ve developed a wide circle of friends.
Sarah and Tyler Geltmacher decided to move to Brookings, South Dakota, permanently rather than commute back to their previous home at the end of each university termThe report by Stora found South Dakota topping the list of places people moved to in 2025.
The report said the average home in South Dakota was $310,014 (£230 586) compared with the national average of $357,275 (£265,738).