I'm an American who's lived in Spain for 4 years. I wish I knew these 10 things before I moved.

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Toursts visit Park Guell in Barcelona, Spain.
I've lived in Barcelona since early 2020.

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I've lived in LA, San Francisco, NYC, and Chicago. I thought moving to LA would be easy, but there are 5 things I hate about living here.

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Stevie Howell says LA has many positives, but she doesn't feel an urban buzz or excitement in the city.

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A tenant accused of turning a $1.7M LA home into an illegal Airbnb says he did nothing wrong and will sue his landlord

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Homes in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles.

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A woman rented out her $1.7M LA home — then her tenant left the country and turned it into an illegal Airbnb: report

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Drone shot of single family homes in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
Drone shot of homes in the Mid-Wilshire neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.

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Many drivers for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash are earning well below minimum wage, even with tips, a new paper finds

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Uber and Lyft drivers were found to make less than minimum wage in five major metro areas.

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A couple are in a fight with LA over their right to destroy the home that Marilyn Monroe died in

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A woman tries to look over the gate of the house where Marilyn Monroe died in Brentwood.

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LA Sheriff says it busted a retail crime ring with millions of dollars of stolen medication and personal care products

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Personal care products under lock and key at a Target store.

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Downtown Los Angeles is bustling with new residents. Not so much with office workers, though.

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Downtown Los Angeles.

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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 policy that's supposed to create more affordable housing often backfires, leaving cities with higher home prices and rents. There's a way to fix that.

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Inclusionary zoning is designed to boost the production of affordable housing by requiring or incentivizing developers to build a certain number of below-market-rate units.

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