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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sandra Bonola, 56, who moved from Connecticut to Charleston, South Carolina, in 2021, then to Beaufort, South Carolina, in 2023, before deciding the South wasn’t right for her. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.I am a native New…

After graduating with a bachelor’s in computer science in 2023, a software company offered me an exciting job that paid $60,000 a year.The catch? I had to move away from home.I had grown up on Long Island all my life, but the company didn’t have an office within commuting distance…

Choosing a city to live in is a personal decision, but in an increasingly expensive housing market, affordability is more important than ever.”Every year we ask consumers what they’re looking for in a place to live, and this year consumers overwhelmingly cited that they were looking for value and affordability,”…