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At Pitch and Run, VC Nihal Mehta is creating a community for founders and investors to connect over exercise.

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Nihal Mehta, Eniac Ventures

New York City's Meatpacking District will say goodbye to its last meatpacker — and a 60-story tower could be on its way

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John Jobbagy, whose family has been working in the Meatpacking District for more than 120 years, is one of the last meatpackers left there.

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I bought a $3.25 million home as a single woman. Homeownership is an investment in my future.

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Jessica Chestler in a side by side photo of her Williamsburg condo.
In 2022, NYC real estate agent Jessica Chestler purchased this $3.25 million condo in Williamsburg.

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I moved alone from NYC to the suburbs of Pennsylvania. I love it, but it's been filled with a mixed bag of surprises.

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I've found so much joy living in the suburbs but it hasn't all been smooth-sailing.

Amory Rose

I visited The Container Store to see why sales are down. The selection was incredible, but the prices were higher than I expected.

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Outside The Container Store in New York City.
The Container Store storefront on Sixth Avenue in New York City.

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She was still in college when she started applying for the housing lottery. Now, she pays $1,600 for a 1-bedroom apartment in NYC.

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Ceronne Mitchell won an apartment in Queens through the affordable-housing lottery.

Molly Stromoski for NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development

They got priced out of NYC, so they bought a $160,000 house in Vermont — but country life doesn't mean they're 'suddenly wealthy'

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A millennial couple moved from New York City to a one-bedroom house in Vermont.

Full Joy Farm.

Google hired me as a UX engineer without a college degree. I pushed past imposter syndrome to land the job.

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Edwin Toh was a UX engineer at Google for six years.

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I'm a Yale graduate but can't afford to live on my own, so I share an apartment with my mom. I have no plans to move out.

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Mia Tsang and her mom in front of the NYC pride parade
The author, left, loves living with her mom, right.

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He won the NYC housing lottery after applying more than 60 times. Now, he pays $2,300 in rent for his Brooklyn apartment.

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A green couch int he middle of a studio apartment in Greenpoint, Brooklyn.
Josh Ayala found his first apartment through the NYC Housing Lottery.

Josh Ayala.

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