I moved from Dallas to Dubai with my husband and 3 kids. It's surprisingly similar to the US.

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Katie Miller moved with her husband and children from Dallas to Dubai in May.

Katie Miller

I paid over $3,000 for a matchmaker. I met my husband on my second date.

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Lauren and Ryan Leon met through a matchmaker.

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I won a housing lottery with over 5,000 applicants. Now I pay $1,260 a month for a brand-new home.

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Angela Santiago won an apartment with rent well below market rate through a New Jersey affordable housing lottery program.

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I was born and raised in the Caribbean. People are wrong to reduce it to sun, sea, and sand.

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Tenille Clarke, pictured at Trinidad Carnival earlier this year, was born and raised in the Caribbean.

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I quit my Big 4 accounting job to be a full-time entrepreneur. It's useful to have a stable job for as long as you can.

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Macdonald came up with the idea for ManiLife while living in Argentina.

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I gave up my dream of being a doctor at a local hospital just one year out of medical school. That decision cost me close to half a million dollars, but it was worth it.

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Faith Choo, 27, left the public healthcare system just a year after graduating from medical school in Singapore. She is now working as a locum doctor.

Faith Choo

I quit my job at Meta and traveled to Bali to find myself — but 2 months later, I moved back into my parents' house more confused than ever.

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Simone Landis sitting by a pool facing the mountains in Bali.
Simone Landis moved back into her childhood home after quitting her career at Meta.

Simone Landis

I moved to Finland for 90 days and fell in love with the culture and lifestyle. Now, I'm raising my daughters here.

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Andro Lindsay and his daughters.

Andro Lindsay

I'm a Google technical program manager. This is how AI has transformed my job.

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Karanveer Anand has worked as a technical program manager at Google for the last three years and has seen the AI revolution unfold at the company.

Karanveer Anand

I quit Goldman Sachs to be a stay-at-home dad. More men should look after the kids so women can have careers.

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Pranshu Dwivedi with his wife and daughter.
Pranshu Dwivedi (right) left his job at Goldman Sachs in February 2024.

Pranshu Dwivedi

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