http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing) EDIT: Since I'm getting downmodded, maybe I wasn't clear. We

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_8_(housing) EDIT: Since I'm getting downmodded, maybe I wasn't clear. We spend a lot of money subsidizing housing for people with low incomes in coastal cities. It would cost less money to provide similar housing in other cities, and since some of those cities have better job markets, they might not need those subsidies at all. Since they currently get subsidies, there is little incentive to move. Subsidizing moving to areas with better economies as well as subsidizing housing would be a better approach.