Miami isn't the next Silicon Valley. It's something much weirder.

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Tech's elite are taking their talents to South Beach — again.

The CEO of private jet firm Flexjet explains how it prepares for the Super Bowl — one of its busiest and most expensive times of the year

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New England Patriots players arrive at San Jose Mineta International Airport ahead of Super Bowl LX on February 1, 2026 in San Jose, California.
The New England Patriots arrived at San Jose Mineta International Airport on Sunday.

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We left the Bay Area to care for my mother-in-law in the South of France. The visa was easy — everything else wasn't.

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Lin Koh in a lavender field.
Lin Koh.

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I moved to the US for my husband, who was on an H-1B visa. Life as a 'visa bride' was incredibly lonely, but I'm starting to feel I belong.

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Left: Ashwini Gangal with her husband. holding wine glasses Right: The shadows of Gangal and her husband cast on sandy ground.
Gangal has struggled to find full-time work in the US.

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Robert Redford sold his last California property in 2024 for $4.65 million to spend more time in New Mexico and Utah

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Robert Redford (left) and the interior of a home in California (right).
Robert Redford is selling his home outside San Fransisco for $4.15 million.

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A millennial woman who made nearly $250k secretly working 2 jobs says it helped her enter a relationship for the 'right reasons' — not financial security

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A millennial woman said that secretly working two jobs helped her pay off her student debt, but that homeownership is still out of reach for her in California. The source of the story isn't pictured.

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I moved from the Bay Area to Poland and love it. Living in Europe immediately relieved my stress.

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Agata Pona often went without health insurance and worked while sick living in the US, but she has more affordable insurance and longer sick days in Poland.

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I left San Francisco and moved to LA. Here are the 5 worst things about leaving the Bay Area.

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Stevie Howell sitting in front of art drawings pinned to the wall.
Stevie Howell started her business in San Francisco and said she doesn't think she ever would've started a business in another city

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A Gen X couple moved from California to Massachusetts to escape high housing costs: 'We still pinch ourselves over how lucky we are.'

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Steve Dalton and Sydney Sauber
Steve Dalton and Sydney Sauber recently moved from the Bay Area to Worcester, Massachusetts.

Steve Dalton

These are the American cities with the most millionaires, data shows

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People look out at the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building as the sun sets in New York City on November 19, 2023, in Jersey City, New Jersey.

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