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I had always wanted to live outside the US — to experience the world and myself in a new way. But when the opportunity finally came, I didn’t realize how difficult it would be.In 2017, I was 46 and dating a French man. After visiting the city of lights several times,…
Ebonye Zeno spent four hours a day commuting in Los Angeles traffic to get her daughter to private school.Then the pandemic hit, and their worlds went remote. Like so many other Americans, they realized: “We could live somewhere else,” Zeno, 51, said.After three decades in LA, Zeno said it felt…
My Gen Z children’s view and attitude toward work were a wake-up call. They taught me a whole new way to live by not making work my entire identity. Of course, that was easier said than done.So, I went to therapy, and my therapist challenged me to think about my…
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This as-told-to essay is based on a transcribed conversation with Katie Passarello, a public relations contractor living in Cariño, Spain. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Staying long after the food or drink is finished to sit around a table and share conversations is at the heart of…
I grew up in the US, but after graduating from college, I decided I wanted to live abroad.I’d traveled to Europe numerous times in my teens and 20s and was curious about what it might be like to actually live there.So, in 1996, I moved to London, a city I…
In 2018, I moved from Youngstown, Ohio — one of the cloudiest cities in the US — to Reno, Nevada — one of the sunniest.Whereas my hometown of Youngstown averages about 200 days of cloudy skies each year, Reno averages over 250 days of sunshine.Moving across the country for graduate…
California is the US state with the most people moving out, with about 817,000 leavers between 2021 and 2022, according to the most recent census data.A higher cost of living plus the increased threat of wildfires have people choosing other places across the country.And while regular people ditch the Golden…
I moved from the US to France with my French partner, two suitcases, and my American optimism.He had thrived as an international student in the US, so I assumed I’d adapt just as easily as a young professional in Paris.However, after we got married, I struggled to adjust — and…
I spent my childhood summers in Transylvania. My classmates thought it was beyond cool that I’d be off to the home of Dracula, bats, and vampires for six weeks.Transylvania was a magical place for me, but not for any mythical reason — because of my grandfather.He’s 97 years old now,…
