How To Swap Your Home For A Mansion The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis just announced that the median house price in the United States is US$440,000. This isn’t because all Americans live in mansions, as US$440,000 just gets you the average American house. That’s not beachfront. Nor is it a huge house in […]
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All Aboard For Houseboat Living: Live In Europe For 20 Euros Per Day This traditional European lifestyle offers an innovative way of living in the most desirable places in Europe for a fraction of the cost of conventional lifestyles. If you are up for a little adventure and the occasional inconvenience, it could be the
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In an episode of This American Life recorded back in 2000, writer David Sedaris takes host Ira Glass on a tour of Paris—his adopted home. Here’s how Glass introduces Sedaris… “Two years ago, at the age of 41, barely speaking French, David Sedaris moved to Paris. He had no special feelings about France, no particular
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Over a decade ago, when my husband and I bought our home in Waterford, Ireland, we never gave much thought to privacy. That all changed one day when I noticed a camera in my neighbor’s front window… pointed in the direction of our house. (Our house fronts face each other; our front doors are just
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It’s in the news daily… it’s a common topic of conversation… scientists across the globe are studying it… every year we witness more and more weather extremes… But what does climate change mean to someone who is considering a move overseas? Experts predict some locations around the world will be more severely affected by climate
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A Life By The Lake? Here Are 7 Top Places To Go.. “Hurry up, Mom!” shouted Grace, waist-deep in the lake. “It’s warm… like bathwater.” It was like bathwater… only yesterday’s water that somebody forgot to drain. But, coming from our home near the southeast coast to the lakes of the Irish midlands, I agreed
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5 Top Spots To Live A Green And Healthy Life Overseas One of the big lessons we learned over the last year is our ability to be more self-sufficient. Between restaurant closures and delays in the supply chain for products we took for granted, many of us learned new recipes, got to grips with making
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If you’d been thinking about taking your job on the road and embracing the digital-nomad lifestyle sometime in the future, you may have had a taster this year—though from your own home, of course… Maybe this unexpected twist in your work situation has helped you realize that you could go overseas sooner than you thought.
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If you could take your work anywhere, where would you go? One thing this pandemic has shown us is how so much of our business can keep going online. Even as economies around the world open back up, many workers will continue to operate from home for at least a few more months. And, a
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“Where can I buy a home on the beach for US$250,000 cash?” a reader recently wrote in. In Florida or California, you’d be doing well to get near the sand on that budget. But, in many markets overseas, US$250,000 gives you lots of options. In fact, you won’t have to stretch to that figure. It’s
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