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Search for The Promised Land: In Kansas City, you can make it on your own

February 23, 2016 Bob Sullivan 0

When the Kansas City Royals won baseball’s World Series in November, much of small-town America was rooting for them. The small-market Royals had been terrible for decades, unable to compete with big-money teams like the New York Yankees. So while rivals from Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, and Washington, [Keep reading]

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Search for The Promised Land: Cincinnati, America’s ‘first American’ city

February 12, 2016 Bob Sullivan 1

Michelle Nix has lived in a lot of places: Milwaukee, Chicago, St. Louis, Oakland, Calif. But when it came time to start a family, she went home to Cincinnati. Smart move. The once-battered Midwest city is in the middle of a radical transformation – and it ranks 8th in our [Keep reading]

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The Promised Land: Columbus, America’s largest affordable city

February 2, 2016 Bob Sullivan 1

When you think Ohio, you probably think Cleveland, and you might think Cincinnati. Almost certainly, you don’t think Columbus, but here’s a secret: Ohio’s capital city is larger than its more famous neighbors to the north and south. In fact, it’s the largest U.S. city to make Credit.com’s top 10 [Keep reading]

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Search for the Promised Land: Raleigh, N.C., is a great place to start over

December 14, 2015 Bob Sullivan 0

If you are looking to start over, Raleigh is a pretty good place to start. This week, Danielle Bingham, 52, moved into a lovely 3-bedroom, 2-bathroom house on a half-acre just outside Raleigh, N.C. — a step she couldn’t have imagined a decade ago. She paid $175,000 for the 2,000-square-foot [Keep reading]

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Search for the Promised Land (or at least an affordable life): Buffalo, N.Y.

December 7, 2015 Bob Sullivan 0

Not long ago, Cara was sharing a $3,200 rental payment with roommates. Today, she makes a $770 monthly mortgage payment to own a home that’s about the same size. What happened? She moved, of course. From Washington D.C. to Buffalo, N.Y. Recently, Credit.com shared a list of America’s least expensive [Keep reading]

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BOB SULLIVAN is a veteran journalist and the author of four books, including the 2008 New York Times Best-Seller, Gotcha Capitalism, and the 2010 New York Times Best Seller, Stop Getting Ripped Off! His latest, The Plateau Effect, was published in 2013, and as a paperback, called Getting Unstuck in 2014. He has won the Society of Professional Journalists prestigious Public Service award, a Peabody award, and The Consumer Federation of America Betty Furness award, and been given Consumer Action’s Consumer Excellence Award.

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