Here are the 8 top cities people are moving to for cheaper rent
It’s one of your biggest monthly expenses, and it’s only increasing every year. A recent Redfin report found that the median rent in the US is now $1,634 — up 20% from pre-pandemic times. Rents have gone up significantly in just the last year, too. According to Consumer Price Index data, you’re paying almost 5%…
The rise of the Parmesan BanditMiddle-class Americans are shoplifting everything from tape measures to blocks of cheese.
Carson’s not sure why he’s never been able to kick his shoplifting habit. It started in his teens, when he and his friends would steal beer, and escalated when the installation of what he describes as “self-checkout silliness” made it easy to buy a couple of things, phantom swipe the rest, and walk out of…
How to talk like a banker
If a random person tunes into a quarterly bank earnings call or stands in line at a coffee shop behind a pair of bankers, it’s likely that half the conversation would be indecipherable to them. That’s not only because finance is inherently technical. Part of what makes working on Wall Street appear so complicated and…
A US invasion of Taiwan in WWII would have been a disaster. A Chinese operation faces similar dangers.
Taiwan still uses Imperial Japanese facilities and is influenced by its defensive strategies. Here, an M60A3 tank fires during a Taiwanese exercise. The US once planned an invasion and seizure of Taiwan that would have been as big as D-Day. Operation Causeway would send hundreds of thousands of troops, supported by thousands of ships and…
I landed a job with a ‘magic circle’ law firm but still went all out to get an internship at a US bank. It was the best use of my last summer in college — here’s why.
Adrian Teh, 24, turned down a job offer from a top UK law firm. He accepted a return offer from a US bank he interned at this summer. Before I entered university, I wanted to be a lawyer. I didn’t manage to get into any law schools in Singapore because I didn’t do well enough…
Americans moved out of these states the most, flocking to others that were often cheaper and less crowded
Americans leave New York, New Jersey, and Illinois at the highest rates, newly released census data indicates. Jackie Nguyen left New York for Kansas City, Missouri, in 2020. After a year there, she decided to stay — even though she hadn’t previously considered moving away from a big coastal city. “Now I feel like I’m…
I paid $500 extra to upgrade my room on a 30-hour Amtrak ride, and I thought the additional 20 square feet was worth every penny
The author stayed in an Amtrak roomette on her way to Miami and a bedroom on her way to New York. In 2021, I traveled on Amtrak trains from NYC to Miami and back. The rides took about 30 hours each way, and I had a private cabin in a sleeper car on both journeys.…
My family tried 5 hacks to save time and money at Disney World. Most of them failed, but we learned tips for next time.
My family tried a few tricks to save money and time during a Disney World trip. If you’ve been to Disney World, you know those memories come with a high price tag. Even regulars can feel it, as Disney just raised the prices of its annual passes — some by $100. Planning a trip is…
OpenAI’s former head of ‘AGI readiness’ says that soon AI will be able to do anything on a computer that a human can
OpenAI debuted its voice mode feature in September 2023 There is a lot of uncertainty about artificial general intelligence, a still hypothetical form of AI that can reason as well — or better — than humans. According to the researchers at the industry’s cutting edge, though, we’re getting close to achieving some form of it…
