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fromBusiness Insider
2 days ago

I left my career in Atlanta, went to pastry school, and moved to the South of France. I'll never move back to the US.

I'm an attorney from Atlanta and have practiced for three decades - 25 years as a prosecutor and five in defense - but I've always had a creative side. I was always baking and entertaining, and my friends would even pay me to bake for them. Eventually, I realized I could turn it into a business - Delights by Dawn - and it blossomed. My niche became alcohol-infused cakes and cupcakes, which drew a lot of attention.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

I moved abroad to live with my wife, but I've come to hate her country | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

A person sacrificed career and social ties by moving to their spouse's country, now unhappy there but constrained by spouse's work and their child's education.
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fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

I started traveling with my mom after my dad died. She's living her best era.

Traveling together revealed a friendship between mother and daughter, deepening their bond as they explored new places after years spent living apart.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Hypercapitalist hellhole or city of dreams? Behind the cliches, let me show you the real Dubai | Momtaza Mehri

Barely a week goes by without the British press telling the story of somebody moving to Dubai for lower taxes or, conversely, that the Dubai dream is dead. The city-state benefits from this discourse-fuelled soft power. It strikes both the haves and have-notes. Dubai fever is democratic. The city is an El Dorado of the east for remittance-sending strivers, sun-seeking expats and scammers. For many, it represents an unsettling post-western horizon.
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