“It’s true what they say: Money goes further in the mountains.”
                                
                                    Promotional language on the website of West Virginia's Ascend program, which offers $12,000 in cash along with a co-working space, a year’s worth of free activities such as whitewater rafting and other perks to employed people willing to relocate from other states to certain areas of West Virginia. (Washington Post — Aug. 30, 2024)
            
                
                
                    
                        
    
                    
                
            
        
                                
                            
                        
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                        
                        
                     
 
 
 
 
 
 
