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A few years ago, I left New York City and headed to Sydney. I moved to Australia for a job opportunity and because I wanted to experience what it is like to work and live abroad. Doing so also helped me scratch the itch I’d had since college, when I…
New York has a message for Canadian tourists who might be rethinking their trips to the US: “We’re lucky to have neighbors like you!”The Empire State is particularly exposed to a decline in Canadian tourism as President Donald Trump’s proposed 50% tariffs and calls to make Canada America’s 51st state…
When I moved from Australia to New York City in my mid-20s, I had no idea it would be the best five years of my life.I couldn’t have scripted my time living in the city if I’d tried. I’d lived through the COVID-19 pandemic, learned a lot about my professional…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is rolling out his city-run grocery stores — and New York City has a lot to learn from metros that have done the same thing.The five NYC stores, which the city says will open by 2029, plan to offer shoppers a 30% discount on core goods like…
The drive-thru line at Chick-fil-A stretched around the block, packed with oversized SUVs at 10 a.m. on a Tuesday. Engines idled.No one honked. No one seemed in a hurry. It was one of my first glimpses of life in Wichita, and it felt like a different world.I had just finished…
In 2013, I threw reality out the window and reached out to a real-estate agent to try to buy a house.I had just turned 25 and felt like it was time to have my own space, even though I had minimal savings and a steep student-loan balance that my salary…
