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its share of the total population has declined, falling from 54 percent in 1910 to just 19 percent in 2010. This is due in part to outmigration to urban cores, especially by younger generations and the middle class
The Harmony Economic Development Authority incentivize people to build homes in this town with a cash rebate program worth between $5,000 to $12,000, with no restrictions on age or income level.
Officials in this Iowa town, located just 45 minutes away from Omaha, will give you free land to build a house if it's at least 1,200 square feet. The town, according to the 2010 census, has around 120 residents with a median age of 44-years-old.
Tribune, Kansas is looking to draw a younger generation of Americans to one of its least populated counties in the state, offering to pay off up to $15,000 worth of student loans over five years with the Rural Opportunity Zone program.
Curtis, Nebraska offers newcomers lots of free land to build a single-family house within a certain timeframe, which can be placed in the town's Roll'n Hills addition or near the Arrowhead Meadows Golf Course.
A surprising addition to this list, Baltimore has two programs that will help people looking to move to the city with buying a home. If you qualify, the Buying into Baltimore program offers residents a $5,000 forgivable five-year loan. The Vacants to Value Booster scheme offers $10,000 for a down payment and closing costs if you purchase property considered to be distressed or formerly distressed.
New homeowners can count up to $80,000 worth of perks including a $10,000 forgivable five-year loan for first-time buyers. It also offers $30,000 of renovation assistance, along with paying up to $40,000 towards college tuition.
The whole state of Alaska offers a myriad of different programs that aims to draw people towards the biggest state in the union. State-wide interest rate reduction programs for energy-efficient homes along with incentives for veterans and live-in caretakers of physically or mentally-disabled residents are also available.
The Rocky Mountain state offers a program that will help you finance your first home if you suffer from a permanent disability. A down payment assistance grant is also available for everyone that offers up to 4% of a first mortgage, with no repayment necessary.
Wyoming offers residents who look to own a refurbished home an incentive through the Rehabilitation & Acquisition Program... ...The state also has another program that will assist individuals looking to repair old homes that need more than $15,000 worth of repairs.
Not even for all the money in the world . Have a far better quality of life and more freedom over here .
As there are ups and downs with any of these towns it's up to each individual's preferences to decide where they would like to live.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: LookingForABetterLife
Its just a guess on my part, but I'd guess that after this last crew of Republica cronies are swept outa office and the US elects another Obama type, the Feds will get involved by locating swarms of refugees into these small towns with offers to fund public housing and the like.
I live in a small town in west Texas and the biggest problem is no jobs. I've never understood why so many companies clamor to locate in the huge cess pool metro areas, especially in this day and age of the Interet.
originally posted by: Xtrozero
Kids today are all about online so whether they are in Omaha in the middle of winter or Fla it doesn't matter to them...I think it is a great move.
The new growth of the rural Hispanic population may just as easily reflect a new kind of racial and ethnic balkanization over geographic space, a demographic development suggesting uneven geographic impact, and perhaps growing social distance and greater intolerance between minority and majority populations in some fast-growing rural places
originally posted by: LookingForABetterLife
Who knows though. I'm no kid so I may be wrong.
Thank you for your thoughts on this thread.
originally posted by: TonyS
a reply to: LookingForABetterLife
Its just a guess on my part, but I'd guess that after this last crew of Republica cronies are swept outa office and the US elects another Obama type, the Feds will get involved by locating swarms of refugees into these small towns with offers to fund public housing and the like.
I live in a small town in west Texas and the biggest problem is no jobs. I've never understood why so many companies clamor to locate in the huge cess pool metro areas, especially in this day and age of the Interet.
Sorry bud, but I live in Texas too. People in the country are mostly racist, backwards pigs, and they know it too.