Florida has long been a top state where retiring Americans flock to—but some, like local resident Alisa Newman, are doing the exact opposite. Newman settled in the Miami area in 1997 when her husband got a job there. But now, at 58, she has decided to move out. While she knows she will leave behind…
Texas continues to draw large numbers of new residents, and they aren’t coming just from California. Newly released one-way trip data from U-Haul shows that, in the first half of 2024, the largest Texas cities drew new residents from throughout the region. In Houston, for example, Louisiana was the top origin state for U-Haul movers,…
Kristi Eaton had been waiting for the right time to buy a house. By the time she turned 39, she was sick of waiting. “I always thought I would purchase a house with a partner,” Eaton says. “When that never materialized, I just decided I should do it on my own.” In March 2024, she…