A billionaire's kids plan to build beachfront mansions to revive Dubai's abandoned World Islands

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Amali island mansion rendering
A rendering of one of the planned mansions on Amali Island in Dubai.

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I'm an interior decorator. Here are 8 things I'd buy at Crate & Barrel for myself and my clients.

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Selfie of the writer, wearing a brown T-shirt, in front of a Crate and Barrel store with palm trees in the background
I recommend grabbing a few home essentials at Crate & Barrel.

Kelly Kruger

A man ordered to hide his boat painted his new fence with the offending boat. The act of rebellion is changing his city.

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The mural Hanif Panni on Etienne Constable's fence.
After Etienne Constable was told to hide his boat from the street, he hired friend and neighbor Hanif Panni to paint his boat on the new fence.

Courtesy of Hanif Panni / @hanifwondir

We're millennial brothers and business partners who left San Francisco's tech bubble for the Midwest manufacturing scene. We never would have been able to afford to launch our startup in California.

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John and Matine Yuksel pose for a photo
John Yuksel (left) and Matine Yuksel moved from San Francisco to Dubuque, Iowa in 2020. The brothers and business partners now live in Cincinnati.

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Inside a new disaster-proof neighborhood in Florida, where million-dollar off-grid homes already survived two hurricanes and residents pay no electric bills

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Aerial view of Hunters Point homes
Solar panels on top of homes at Hunters Point.

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How I negotiated to lower my monthly rent in a tight housing market

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A row of colorful multi-floor condos along a sandy beach.
My partner and I negotiated a lower rent in a very tight market, saving ourselves $100 per month despite the fact that only a handful of properties were available in our area.

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Millennials explain the joy and sacrifice of living alone

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Portrait image of Jess Munday.

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Not many of Jess Munday's San Francisco friends live alone. But Munday, a 29-year-old who works in tech marketing, was able to swing it.

See inside Callendar House, the 14th-century Scottish mansion where 'Outlander' was filmed

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The exterior of Callendar House in Falkirk, Scotland
The exterior of Callendar House in Falkirk, Scotland.

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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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Homes on billionaire hot spot Nantucket are falling into the ocean at an alarming rate — but the wealthy won't stop buying

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A house and money falling down a cliff
In Nantucket, Massachusetts, erosion is intensifying and sea levels are rising. Demand for multimillion-dollar homes, though, has remained sky-high.

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