My wife and I moved to a remote Scottish island after only visiting once. We love our slower pace of life.

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Yvonne and Jason Lancaster with their sheep Nori.
Yvonne and Jason Lancaster with one of their 16 sheep, Nori.

Rachel Keenan

More people could move after the 2024 election — just like politics have pushed people to relocate for hundreds of years

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Americans' motivations for moving are still the same as those of their ancestors.

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We bought a house in Japan for $30,000. We'll have more land than we could afford in the US, and our kids will be more independent.

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A man and woman taking a photo in Japan.
Leika and Brandon Hansen bought a home in Japan and plan to move there from Washington.

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I moved from Denmark to the US. I prefer the US, but there are some things the Danish do better.

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Copenhagen, Denmark

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We were so lonely and isolated after moving to a Colorado mountain town we went back to New York

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A couple stood in the Colorado mountains.
Jackie Branholm and her partner love hiking in the Colorado mountains, but had a different experience as residents.

Jackie Branholm

We moved to Finland and aren't sure it's the 'happiest country in the world' — but we have no regrets

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Kristaps Kovalonoks and Megha Goswami holding hands in a Finnish forest.
Kristaps Kovalonoks and Megha Goswami met in Finland in 2019 and got married in August 2023.

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I regret moving to Florida. Living here felt like paradise — until everything changed.

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Cassie Leigh bought a house in Tampa in 2018.

Al Reid

I retired from Amazon at 34 and chose to settle in Canada, where I only need $1,000 a month to live well

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A man posing on the Northern Terminus sign in between trees.
Grigory Lukin retired in his early 30s and moved from the US to Canada.

Grigory Lukin

I left California for Las Vegas. Even after a $39,000 pay cut, my house is bigger, my 401(k) contributions went up, and the quality of my life improved.

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A collage of a headshot of Alli Peck, a woman with short brown hair, and a photograph of Peck with her husband in front of Las Vegas Ballpark.
Alli Peck moved to Las Vegas and took a pay cut of $39,000.

Alli Peck

More Americans are moving to Tuscany, where their money goes further, the pace is slower, and the wine flows freely

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Person looking out the window into a scenic Tuscan view.

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