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Americans are about half as likely to pack up and move today than they were in the mid-1980s. A record low 9.8% of the U.S. population moved between 2018 and 2019, compared to 20.2% between 1984...
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“Mexican food” can mean many different things in this country. There are Mexican-inspired fast-food chains like Taco Bell, Del Taco, and Chipotle, and combination-plate dinner-house operations...
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Several surveys have identified property taxes as the most hated form of taxation in the United States. Unpopular though they may be, property taxes — taxes on personal property like homes and...
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Becoming a pharmacist takes a significant amount of invested time and money. It takes between six and eight years of studies , and typically requires more than $40,000 a year to obtain a doctorate in...
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There were more than 1.2 million incidents of rape, robbery, aggravated assault, and murder reported in the United States in 2018 — a 3.0% decline from the previous year. The decrease in...
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One of the reasons that many Americans get up and go to work every day is to put some money away for retirement. While Social Security payments can be a helpful financial pillar in retirement, it is...
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Median household income has climbed steadily in the United States since 2014, hitting an all time high of over $63,000 in 2018. In a country of over 330 million people, however, the national median...
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Median household income has climbed steadily in the United States since 2014, hitting an all time high of over $63,000 in 2018. In a country of over 330 million people, however, the national median...
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The United States faces a chronic blood shortage. While about 37% of the population is eligible to donate blood, only less than 10% do. The Red Cross periodically issues urgent calls for blood...
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You can practically glean the history of America in the names of all 50 states. The story of the United States begins in the East and the South and is reflected in the origin of the names of the...
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Student loan debt, the second largest consumer debt category in the United States after home mortgages, hit an all time high of $1.4 trillion in 2019. The financial burden posed by outstanding...
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There are great restaurants all over America today, in both cities and the countryside, from simple family-run places — some serving time-honored diner fare, some with vivid accents (Latin,...
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Basketball fans all across the country take tremendous pride in the basketball players that hail from their area. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ first ever NBA title win in 2016 was made all the more...
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Across all 50 states, children play Little League baseball and practice the game in hopes of one day making it to the majors. While the odds of actually becoming a big leaguer are slim, there have...
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For the more than 151 million Americans who spend much of their waking life at work — job satisfaction can be critical to overall happiness. Perhaps the most important component of job...
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