(CNN) Tired of the absurdly high rent you have to pay to live in the Bay Area? Well, you might be in luck.

A Silicon Valley startup is offering qualified applicants a temporary incentive of $10,000 to leave.

The San Jose-based company, MainStreet, was started by three former Google employees with the goal of creating jobs and opportunities in suburban and rural communities in America.

"The '$10,000 to leave the Bay Area' came about by asking ourselves the question: What is a fun, interesting way to draw attention to a serious and sober mission?" MainStreet CEO Doug Ludlow wrote in an email to CNN. "Our mission is to create jobs in suburban and rural communities, and our goal is to create 1,000,000 new jobs over the next decade."

There is a catch, though: Qualified applicants who accept the offer must remain in their position for a full year before they receive the payout, and Ludlow said the company is only offering the $10,000 payouts through the end of November.

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