Texas dominated this new list of the 15 best US cities to live in

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El Paso, Texas.

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We bought a house with a 2.5% mortgage rate a few years ago. Our family's much bigger now, but moving is not an option.

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Our family has gotten bigger since we bought our home, but moving to a larger space isn't an option when we just can't afford to give up our rate. So, we're making the space work for us.

Alexandra Frost

I moved to a beach town in my mid-20s. Instead of paradise, I found the loneliest time in my life.

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Pinckney Island Wildlife Refuge

Kasia Kovacs

When I turned 40, my wife and I took a hard look at our lives in the US. Then, we moved our family to Spain.

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I love having time for silliness with my family.

Brian Hodge

After living on a sailboat for 18 months, we moved to NYC for my husband's job. I'm still getting used to life on land.

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Laura Keys

The top places in the US where people are moving to

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New Census Bureau data shows domestic migration rates by county.

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After our kids left the nest, we sold our house and bought a townhome. So far, downsizing has more pros than cons.

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We sold our larger house so we could buy a smaller townhome and not have a mortgage.

Karen Bakar

We moved our kids from a small school of 100 students to a larger one with over 700. It worked out better than we imagined.

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Our kids have handled the transition from a small school to a much bigger one better than I could've imagined.

Melissa Noble

I moved my family from the glitz of 1970s Los Angeles to rural Oregon. My husband took a pay cut, but we never looked back.

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The author and her kids moved to rural Oregon.

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We signed a lease for an apartment on the other side of the country, sight unseen. It worked, but we learned some lessons the hard way.

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We moved to an apartment across the country without ever seeing it in person.

Julia DeBari

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