One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
Ohio ad campaign uses edgy billboards to try to lure businesses from other states
Listen
0:28
Listen to the Story
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
Good morning. I'm Leila Fadel.
If you live in a high-cost American city, you might have seen the billboards. In Seattle they say, live where you can actually save for a rainy day. In Austin, the sign says, everything's bigger in Texas except your house. Turns out, the mysterious messages are paid for by the state of Ohio. A spokesperson for the ad campaign told cleveland.com that people are looking to flee the coasts, and Ohio wants to be a low-cost replacement.
It's MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
