Can the stars tell us where we should live?

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Woman with a moving box.
 

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My husband and I unexpectedly moved in with my parents as newlyweds. It became one of the best seasons of our lives.

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The author taking a selfie with her husband, her mom, and her dad.
My husband and I were newlyweds when we moved in with my parents. It was a great experience.

Lauren Barnhill

A family spent $69,000 turning their garage into an apartment so their son could live rent-free while launching his startup

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Three people in front of a green apartment with a red door.
The Starmer family turned their garage into a small apartment.

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The 10 best places to live in the US as a renter are all in the South

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Orlando, Florida
Orlando, Florida

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  • Southern cities dominate RentCafe's top 10 list for renters in the US.
  • RentCafe analyzed housing affordability, local economies, and quality of life.
  • The South claims 41 of the top 50 cities, highlighting cost of living advantages.

Go South, young man.

Priced out of Austin, he bought a one-way ticket out of the US. Now, he lives on a Thai island for a fraction of the cost.

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A man posing at an outdoor table in Koh Samui, Thailand.
Mike Holp left the US because of the high cost of living. Now, he's living in Koh Samui, Thailand, and has no regrets.

Amanda Goh.

I bought my 'forever home' with 3 other people. Here's how we manage our finances.

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A woman standing in front of a for sale sign.

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A millennial couple is selling their home after endless repairs to become renters again: 'The whole housing market is a scam'

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Roxanne and Kristina Werner
Roxanne and Kristina Werner are selling their Houston home to go back to renting after three years of endless house repairs.

Courtesy of Roxanne Werner

Look inside the Breakers, a 70-room, 138,300-square-foot mansion that belonged to one of America's wealthiest Gilded Age families

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The Breakers, a large stone mansion.
The Breakers was owned by one of America's wealthiest families.

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I'm an American living in Mexico. Since Trump's election, I've been met with more curiosity and confusion.

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Meagan Drillinger in Mexico, where she lives and works
Writer Meagan Drillinger loves living in Mexico, but she does miss the US.

Meagan Drillinger

I spent 8 years living in big cities on the East Coast before realizing my ideal home was the smaller one where I grew up

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A woman smiling and posing with her arms up at the High Falls in Rochester, New York. She's wearing a green long-sleeved sweater.
I spent years living in major East Coast cities, and now I'm back in my hometown of Rochester, New York.

Emma Guillen

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