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Lisa La Valle and her husband dreamt of moving abroad once their children finished school.After they separated, La Valle found herself at a crossroads: either stay in New Jersey, where she’d spent most of her adult life, or leave the US to build a new life alone in Europe.”I looked…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Pat Santiago, a 28-year-old cofounder of Accelr8, based in San Francisco. The following has been edited for length and clarity.Last year, I moved to San Francisco to cofound an AI startup. Living in a hacker house seemed like the best way…

Sandra and Jeff Mayernik had it all: successful careers as real estate agents, and a large custom-built home on five acres overlooking Oregon’s Cascade Mountains.But over time, their idyllic life had became more stressful. Jeff suffered multiple heart attacks, their income stopped growing, and their bills kept rising. By 2023,…

Eleven years ago, I left Nashville’s music industry scene for a suburb just outside Columbia, MD. At the time, I thought trading one community for another would be simple — the stability of suburban life between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, and only a few hours from New York City, perfect…

For years, we wanted to renovate our bathroom. Months of picking out the perfect tile pairing, a gorgeous countertop, a shower door that swings just right, and a bathtub of my dreams. Little did we know that doing so would necessitate an extended stay out of our home.A few days…