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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Grigory Lukin retired in his early 30s and moved from the US to Canada.

Grigory Lukin

Boeing's board shut down a shareholder's bid to move its headquarters back to Seattle

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A Boeing 737 Max is displayed during the Farnborough Airshow, in Farnborough, on July 18, 2022
A Boeing 737 Max.

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As homelessness spikes nationwide, at least 4 major cities have found ways to get people off the streets

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Unhoused people sleep on the streets of New York during freezing temperatures on February 16, 2018.
Unhoused people sleep on the streets of New York during freezing temperatures on February 16, 2018.

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I live off the grid in a yurt on land I inherited. There's nothing I miss — life is ridiculously peaceful.

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Cami Ostman lives part time in a yurt in eastern Washington.

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I'm a gig worker who argued for Seattle's new minimum pay laws. Now, I'm fighting for my Instacart job.

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A woman wears sunglasses and a face mask while loading plastic bags full of groceries into the trunk of a car.
Instacart cut the minimum base pay that its gig-worker delivery drivers are paid, and many say the lower pay is making it harder to earn money on the app.

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Costco may start requiring members to scan ID to enter US warehouses

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Costco has been cracking down Netflix-style on improper membership sharing.

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A millennial moved from Georgia to a Seattle suburb. She said her job pays nearly twice as much, and the weather is ideal.

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Bremerton, Washington
Bremerton, Washington.

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Workers who move to Seattle get the biggest pay increases

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Seattle, Washington downtown skyline.
Seattle, Washington downtown skyline.

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Jeff Bezos probably isn't actually a bad neighbor

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Jeff Bezos
Jeff Bezos didn't participate in his neighborhood trash cleanup day.

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A Gen Zer left Texas to find acceptance and peace of mind: 'Texas has a lot to fix and resolve before I would even encourage anyone to move or live there'

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Ty Joerger at a car race in Texas
Ty Joerger at a car race in Texas.

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