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I’m Kate
For more than a decade and a half, I’ve helped people create a life by design through my lifestyle and travel blog.
I’m a mom of 3, a full-time romance author, and I’ve been to more than 40 countries and nearly all the states.
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Tucson Retirees Can Live Comfortably on Around $350,000 in Savings. In Scottsdale, That Number Barely Covers the House
Phoenix and Scottsdale get most of the national attention as Arizona retirement destinations, but a large and consistent share of…
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Hilo Gets 151 Inches of Rain a Year, More Than Any Other American City. That’s Exactly Why Most Big Island Tourists Never Stop There
Most visitors to Hawaii’s Big Island land at Kona, on the dry, sunny west side, and never make it to…
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Denver’s Cheapest Neighborhoods Sit Right Next to an Old Smelter Superfund Site. That’s Not a Coincidence
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The Catskills Are Becoming the New Hamptons. The Prices Just Haven’t Fully Caught Up Yet
For decades, the Catskills carried a specific, slightly unglamorous reputation among New Yorkers: the borscht belt, faded mid-century resorts, a…
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Sheridan, Wyoming Has 20,000 People and No Reason to Be a Tech Hub. Remote Work Made It One Anyway
Sheridan sits at the base of the Bighorn Mountains in northern Wyoming, a ranching and railroad town with roughly 20,000…
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Moab Has 5,000 Residents and 3 Million Annual Visitors. That Ratio Runs the Entire Town’s Economy and Breaks It at the Same Time
Moab, Utah, has a permanent population of roughly 5,000 to 5,500 people, and somewhere between 3 million and 5 million…