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This Neighborhood is the Most Expensive in Florida
Most Expensive ZIP Code: 33109 Median Home List Price: $3,592,981 Fisher Island isn’t so much a town as it is a private, members-only island reserved for the 1%. You have to pay $250,000 in membership dues just to gain access…
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This Neighborhood is the Most Expensive in Arizona
Most Expensive ZIP Code: 85253 Median Home List Price: $2,263,540 Tucked between Scottsdale and Phoenix, Paradise Valley averages 294 days of sunshine a year. It’s home to a half-dozen restaurants and a whopping nine resorts — 10 if you count…
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This Neighborhood is the Most Expensive in California
Most Expensive ZIP Code: 90210 Median Home List Price: $6,062,925 There’s much hype about the unaffordable Bay Area tech hubs of San Jose and San Francisco, but the most famous ZIP code in America is still the priciest in the…
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This Neighborhood is the Most Expensive in Colorado
Most Expensive ZIP Code: 81654 Median Home List Price: $3,355,488 The enclave of Snowmass is not cheap, but if you have the means to move there, you could live there your whole life and never quite take it all in.…
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How to Get a College Degree for Less
With the average cost of a four-year degree tipping past $90,000 for in-state public colleges and nearing $180,000 for private colleges, many would-be students are priced out. Earlier this year the Michigan Legislature introduced a novel plan that would offer…
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Charlotte Has One of the Country’s Most Expensive Neighborhoods
Every city has good neighborhoods and bad neighborhoods, but some ZIP codes are so exclusive that “good” feels paltry as a description — meaning that in many states, you’d get laughed out of a real estate office if you asked…
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I Just Bought My First Home at Age 47 and This is What I’ve Learned
I am bending over in the front yard, my right hand wrist-deep in water as I grope for what I hope is the manual shutoff valve to our sprinkler system.…
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20 Most Dangerous Places in America for Pedestrians
Here’s a sobering statistic: between 2008 and 2017, drivers struck and killed 49,340 people who were walking on streets all across America — more than 13 people per day according…
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20 Hispanic Celebrities Worth More Than $10 Million
National Hispanic Heritage Month, enacted by President Ronald Reagan, runs Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 and is meant to be a time to reflect on the contributions of Hispanic and…
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42 Metro Areas Where New Home Construction Is Booming
Looking for a brand-new home? Home builders have been busy this year. For home buyers on the hunt for new construction, Texas is the place to be. Three of its…
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50 Student Discounts You Don’t Want to Miss
Money is scarce for many college students, so finding ways to save is key. Many merchants offer discounts aimed at students, whether on clothes, electronics, textbooks, or even movie tickets,…
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Student Loan Debt Across America: Where Does Your State Rank?
Student loans remain a crushing burden for plenty of college students and graduates. According to a LendEDU analysis of loan data from more than 1,000 schools, the problem just keeps…
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17 Ways Grocery Stores Have Changed Over the Past 50 Years
The supermarket has been a staple of American life ever since the first one, a Piggly Wiggly, opened in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1916. Ever since, we’ve scoured the aisles in…
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19 Money-Saving Tips for Visiting National Parks
America’s National Park Service is more than 100 years old. Yellowstone was the very first national park, recognized by Congress in 1872. But the agency didn’t become official until President…
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11 Careers Where Women are Paid More than Men
It’s common knowledge women typically make less in the workforce — around 81 cents for every dollar earned by male counterparts, according to Labor Department statistics. But how accurate that…
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21 of the Most Expensive Products at Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe’s fans can’t stop raving about their favorite products at the offbeat grocery store. And since the chain almost exclusively sells its own brands, it’s able to keep prices…
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17 Exclusive Credit Cards That Turn Heads
For most of us, credit cards are merely a tool to make ends meet or perhaps a way to pay for splurges. But for the ultra-wealthy or those with stellar…
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What Does It Cost to Send a Kid Back to School?
America’s public school system ensures that every child in the United States gets a free education, but “free” is a misleading term. State and local taxpayers pay for the buildings,…
