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 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 recently moved from the Bay Area to Worcester, Massachusetts.

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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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A camera hidden in a Starbucks restroom recorded 'extremely graphic' footage of over 90 people using the restroom, police say

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Starbucks.

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I moved to San Francisco despite the negative things I'd heard. The cost of living is high but it's worth it.

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Julia Stevens moved to San Francisco in August.

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She bought a house without using a realtor. Did you?

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About 12% of homebuyers in 2023 did not use a real-estate agent.

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A Florida Gen Xer refused to go back to the office in California. He says he was 'quiet fired' and explains how to know if it's happening to you.

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Rents in Oakland have fallen faster than anywhere else in the US for a simple reason: The city built more housing

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New apartments are constructed as seen from this drone view at the Brooklyn Basin development in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.
New apartments are constructed as seen from this drone view at the Brooklyn Basin development in Oakland, Calif., on Tuesday, August 24, 2021.

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