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I’m Kate
For more than a decade and a half, I’ve helped people create a life by design through my lifestyle and travel blog.
I’m a mom of 3, a full-time romance author, and I’ve been to more than 40 countries and nearly all the states.
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Twelve Million Tourists a Year, Under 4,000 Residents: What Life Is Actually Like in Gatlinburg
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The Lakes Midwesterners Have Been Protecting From the Rest of the Country for Decades
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Asheville Keeps Winning ‘Best Places to Live’ Lists. Locals Aren’t So Sure Anymore
Asheville, North Carolina shows up on nearly every “best places to live” list published in the last decade, from retirement…
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The Gulf Coast Towns That Never Got the Memo It’s Not 1985 Anymore
Somewhere between the high-rise condos of Destin and the crowds of Gulf Shores, a handful of small towns along the…
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Nashville Added 88,000 People in Three Years. Here’s Who the City Belongs to Now
Nashville added more than 88,000 new residents to its metro area between the 2020 Census and mid-2023. Job growth in…
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The Real Reason Everyone’s Moving to Scottsdale (And What Nobody Mentions Until Your First July There)
Everyone knows Scottsdale, Arizona as the place with the golf courses and the spring training games. What fewer people understand…